When it comes to good old fashioned music there are some diehard fans who will show their love for it no matter what, as for the rest they like to pretend that they do not like it too much. But dig a little deeper under the surface and you will find that country music has an universal appeal to most of us. After all it is about simple, homey and old country style kind of stuff that is very difficult to hate.

In fact the down home and really down to earth style of country music can soothe the aching heart and remind us of simpler times when things moved at a leisurely pace. It may make us long for the good old and simple countryside though in fact we are very much the city folk from birth.

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Music as we all know and acknowledge has a universal appeal that cannot be contained by mere geographical borders and this is what makes country music popular even outside of the actual rural areas. Over the years country music has also developed and today many different genres come under the umbrella of country music. Many people find that country music has a good beat for the slower dance, is simple to understand and also carries a message many a time. All these factors add to the appeal of country music.

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Country music has its roots in the simple music that folk out in the countryside created with some basic instruments as a means of entertaining themselves in the absence of the more sophisticated means of entertainment. Given the roots of this type of music, it is not surprising that gospel is also part of this music. Many a time you will find that country music has a story to tell which can make it even more appealing.

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Here are some cute Country Music Quotes:

• If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin’ words.
• I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’.
• Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.
• I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.
• A lot of country music is sad.

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• I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.
• There’s a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.
• I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.
• What we don’t need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn’t.

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• Country music is about new love and it’s about old love.
• Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
• I’ve seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I’m proud I was there when it happened.
• 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.

• Country music is three chords and the truth.
• I’m an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American – blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
• True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.
• Country music is still your grandpa’s music, but it’s also your daughter’s music. It’s getting bigger and better all the time and I’m glad to be a part of it.
• I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.

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• When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably ’cause I missed something about Texas.
• I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.
• Right now it seems like the girls are drawing more attention to country music
• There’s been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.
• When I’d tell people I like country music they’d get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
• When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

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• I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
• Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that’s what country music is. It’s not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.
• I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.
• Country music is the people’s music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

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• Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it’s not my whole life.
• 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.
• It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
• Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.
• I love being a part of country music. I love going out and… doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.

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• I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.
• I think it’s a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.
• The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live – my love for country music is back.
• The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live – my love for country music is back.
• To me, country music’s about life. It’s about Monday through Friday. It’s the blue-collar, 40-hour week, songs about life. It used to have more of a sound, but I think the heart of that’s still the same. It’s still American music.
• I’ve known from a very early age that singing was what I was supposed to do. There was this unmistaken, undeniable passion within me to sing country music.
• In the music business, especially the country music business, every 10 years or so you’re going to have this changing of the guard, this wave of new artists that comes in.