Country Quotes

“The quiet of the country is a relative thing; it is quiet only to the casual visitor.”

“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.”

“Writers have to have two countries, the one where they belong and the one in which they live.”

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

“The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people are in the country. I'm more comfortable in the city.”

“Country music is the people's music. It's about real life.”

“I'm still a country girl. I'm a people person.”

“I'm a country singer. I love country music. But I'm not a country singer in the same sense that George Jones is.”

“I'm just an old country boy, and I'm proud of it.”

“I am not thinking of the President's personal convenience or comfort, but of the good of the country.”

“Honky tonkin', that's my style.”

“You have to be a little bit of a masochist to be a country singer.”

“I like to be in the country. I like to be in the mountains.”

“True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to a hilt.”

“True patriotism is loving your country enough to hold it to a higher standard.”

“I'm not a country singer. I'm a country boy who sings.”

“Country music is about telling stories, and I've always been interested in telling stories with my music.”

“Oh, I'm just a silly country girl.”

“The perfect country and western song... has something about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk.”

“Country music is not about being politically correct. It's about telling the truth.”