19 Quotes by Lee Womack

There are people in this genre who are extremely territorial. I can't quite put my finger on who that group is made up of. But it's not the purists. I'm a purist. I'm a die-hard country music person.

I felt like as a listening audience they were a little more receptive and not quite so jaded. They really seem to appreciate having something different.

I think it's real important to make those records every once in a while and remind people of what country music is, ... The roots where it came from, where we got what we have. This is sort of a throwback to Dolly, George Jones, Merle Haggard. That's my favorite kind of music. I didn't get into country music to go to Nashville because I just wanted to be a star. I went there because I had such a passion for that kind of music.

I wonder what that must feel like, to have written a true classic that's been covered by so many people.

I thought it would be nice if I got one or two. Everything after that was just icing on the cake.

With a stroke of the pen, they have changed my life forever.

To me it just seems like there's a lot of everything in New York. ... I know that when I've played there, I've always felt like, it isn't that people are necessarily looking for country music as just for good music.

These are songs that aren't afraid to tell the truth. They are exactly like a slice of life; you get the good, bad and the ugly. It is definitely honest music.

These are songs that aren't afraid to tell the truth. It is honest music, as far as the lyrics go. They're a slice of life -- the good, bad and the ugly. It's the kind of stuff I grew up listening to.