#country music

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man. ↗

— Ray Charles

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As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that. ↗

— Dick Dale

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Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are. ↗

— Faith Hill

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If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music. ↗

— Chely Wright

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I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did. ↗

— Lee Ann Womack

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If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music. ↗

— Buck Owens

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I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#artist #because #bells #bells and whistles #big

I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

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I never expected to record again. I knew I had done everything I ever wanted to do. I was satisfied. But... all the time I'm watching the country music horizon. And I'm sayin' 'Lord, is there anybody gonna come?' ↗

— Buck Owens

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Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

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