[The] hardest working man in country music, ... given everything an artist can give to country music.

Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.

June Carter had a long heritage of just being the spokesperson for country music and the face of country music.

She [Shania Twain] brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.