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You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying things like, 'I didn't listen to country music until so-and-so came along.' And I'm like, 'Yeah! Now you know why I love it.'

Country music has always sort of been country music.

Country music belongs to America.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I have always been infatuated with country music.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front.