Each kind of generation of bands forgets how they got here. Waylon Jennings came out and they're like, 'That's not Patsy Cline.' And everyone panicked, like, 'I don't know what happened to country music, but this isn't it.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.
I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
As soon as I got into country music, it was like hook, line and sinker. I was so focused on country, I ended up leaving all those '80s hair-band CDs behind - which now I still wish I had, but I was done with it.
I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.
It's kind of odd when you think of Loretta Lynn, when she was first traveling and recording country music. It was all built through word of mouth. If you pleased the fans, they would pass it around to their friends and family.
I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.
I am a Patsy Cline fan.
There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.
Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'
Why am I a closet country music fan? Because I grew up being into rock, and I always thought that country music was, like, something my mom was into. Like, it wasn't cool. It wasn't happening. They were all singing about driving around in their trucks looking for Lulu.