Many people prefer to live in the countryside for so many different reasons. Living in the country means fresh air, wide-open space, and life moves a little slower compared to the city life. If you’re into peaceful atmospheres and outdoor activities, living in the village is exactly what you need. You will enjoy freshly harvested vegetables, grow fruits, raise animals, enjoy a nice horseback riding, and truck driving to places with the nicest views of nature. People in the villages work in their own farm so if you want to live like them, you should be able to have your own farm too to really experience what country living means. Working with your hands is something you should get used to as well. And when it comes to food and music, rest assured you will never be disappointed.
Although country living sounds great, there is a downside that you also have to consider. It’s not the same as the city where hospitals, supermarkets, sports facilities, and entertainment halls are just about in every corner. You may need to drive longer hours to go to these public places. Other than that, the country is a perfect place to live and make memories with your family. You will learn to focus more on building relationships with your neighbors and work hard to earn everything you need. You will be able to appreciate nature and live a healthier life because the food is always fresh. Lastly, there is beauty and a sense of satisfaction once you live a quiet and peaceful life in the country.
To remind you of the many great things country living can offer, we made a long list of country quotes that talks about food, music, and quality of life in the country that you will surely love!
Country Quotes
1. I can be as stubborn as a mule, sweet as tea, angry as a hornet, or loyal like a soldier. It all depends on you.
2. A girl doesn’t have to wear jeans, a plaid shirt or cowgirl boots to prove she is country. Her personality should be all the proof you need.
3. Country roads take me home to the place I belong.
4. There is a name for girls who shoot guns, listen to country & ride four wheelers, keepers.
5. Keep calm and stay country.
6. The country is the way you live. Not the way you look.
7. Country music is good for the soul.
8. You can’t handle my level of country music addiction.
9. Country is in your blood not in your closet.
10. I would choose country life over city life any day.
11. Real men keep their pants up.
12. I’ve always liked country music. It’s a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America. – Robert Duvall
13. I still feel like that 17-year-old-kid that fell in love with country music, but I also am allowed to write songs about being a man, too, which I think is the coolest place I’ve ever been in my life. – Dierks Bentley
14. I’m really annoyed by the wave of country music that’s just a list of stuff. It almost sounds like L.A. people writing country music, because it’s just a list of stuff: ‘My pickup truck and my cowboy boots and my Levi’s jeans and my girlfriend with the short shorts.’ It’s so boring. – Kathleen Hanna
15. I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. – Beth Ditto
16. I like my country music at the volume where I can’t hear you complaining about it.
17. I would rather hear cows mooing and roosters crowing than horns honking.
18. I was born with my heart on my sleeve, a fire in my soul and a mouth I can’t control.
19. She’s whiskey in a teacup.
20. Country girls don’t retreat. They reload.
21. The reason girls want a country boy is because they are the only ones whose mamas taught them how to treat a lady.
22. I’m the girl who is always there for people when they need a friend. I’m also the girl who faces many issues alone, but will still do anything to see someone else smile.
23. City lights got nothin’ on country nights.
24. I’m an odd combination of “really sweet” and “don’t mess with me”.
25. A pickup truck is her limousine, and her favorite dress is her faded blue jeans.
26. My mama taught me never throw the first punch. But you can bet your sweet ass I will throw the last one.
27. This world could use more “Yes sir and no ma’am” and less “swag and yolo.”
28. Roses are red, mud is brown. ’round here we party with the radio up and tailgate down. – Earl Dibbles Jr
29. I was raised on country sunshine.
30. Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
31. Forget glass slippers. This princess wears boots.
32. I’m a strong girl even with tears falling down my wet cheek, I can still say those two words – I’m fine.
33. I have three sides: the quiet sweet side, the fun & crazy side, the side you never want to see.
34. Keep your soul clean. And your boots dirty.
35. Country music. ’cause I’d rather listen to songs about trucks and small towns than songs about swag and twerkin’ around.
36. Mama tried to raise a lady but daddy won. He raised a lady who doesn’t take shit from anyone.
37. I’m a sassy talkin’, sweet tea drinkin’, jeans and t-shirt kind of girl.”
38. Don’t flatter yourself, cowboy. I was starin’ at your truck.
39. The higher the truck, the closer to God. – Earl Dibbles Jr
40. Drink some coffee, get your boots on, turn up some George Strait, and get it done.
41. Some girls dream of big weddings. I’m happy with a big ole’ barn.
42. Embrace dirty boots and smelling like your horse
43. Most girls want a prince charming but what I want is a truck driving, boot wearing, southern rooted, sweet hearted country boy.
44. I love the smell of fresh hay bales.
45. Girls are like country roads. The best ones got curves.
46. You know you’ve got the keys to a country boy’s heart when you have the keys to his truck.
47. Country girls are just like normal girls. Only prettier. And more fun. And can shoot a gun. And like to fish. And look good in camo.
48. Life is better in boots. Even on Mondays.
49. Sweet as sugar, hard as ice. Hurt me once, I’ll shoot you twice.
50. I own too much Camo. Said no one ever.
51. I love country boys.
52. You’re the rock in my roll. You’re good for my soul. It’s true. I’m head over boots for you. – Jon Pardi
53. Hold the door, say please, say thank you. Don’t steal, don’t cheat, and don’t lie. I know you got mountains to climb but always stay humble and kind. – Tim McGraw
54. We’re like fire and gasoline. I’m no good for you, you’re no good for me. We only bring each other tears and sorrow. – Chris Young
55. You get your hands in it, plant your roots in it. Dusty headlights dance with your boots in it. – Florida Georgia Line
56. Might have a little mud on my boots but we’re gonna dance the dust right off them tonight. – Jon Pardi
57. She was like oh my god this is my song. I’ve been listening to the radio all night long. – Luke Bryan
58. I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I’d be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him. For all this to happen, it’s hard to explain what a dream this is when you love something as much as I love traditional country music. – George Jones
59. If it’s a good song and it fits me, that’s what I’m going to do, I’m not out there trying to change the world. I’m just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can. – George Strait
60. Modern love – in the movies and music – especially country music – is full of tales of women exacting sweet revenge on the men who done them wrong. – Mary Kay Andrews
61. I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs. – Taylor Swift
62. You have the ability to write melodies and to put lyrics that mean something: to speak about life and what people are going through in their everyday ups and downs, the good times and the bad times. Country music has always talked about life, I think; that’s what I’ve always loved about it. – Jimi Westbrook
63. So let your heart, sweetheart. Be your compass when you’re lost and you should follow it wherever it may go.
64. 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. – Johnny Cash
65. We have that storytelling history in country and bluegrass and old time and folk music, blues – all those things that combine to make up the genre. It was probably storytelling before it was songwriting, as far as country music is concerned. It’s fun to be a part of that and tip the hat to that. You know, and keep that tradition alive. – Chris Stapleton
66. I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music. – George Strait
67. Country music is three chords and the truth. – Harlan Howard
68. You know, traditional country music is something that’s going to be around forever. I’m not worried about it. – George Strait
69. The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It’s in New Orleans music, it’s in jazz, it’s in country music, it’s in gospel. – Wynton Marsalis
70. True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt. – Garth Brooks
71. Country music is the people’s music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are. – Faith Hill
72. Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman. – Dolly Parton
73. Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There’s a connection because there’s a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in. – Hunter Hayes
74. I think country music is popular – has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it’s simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches. – Dolly Parton
75. A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world. – Willie Nelson
76. 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. – Shania Twain
77. Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We’re storytellers. – Lionel Richie
78. I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‘made it’ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it. – Taylor Swift
79. My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It’s when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place. – Taylor Swift
80. You know, traditional country music is something that’s going to be around forever. – George Strait
81. 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’. – Bob Newhart
82. I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, ‘I want to be a country music star.’ Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, ‘I want you to go to college.’ So we had a discussion. And I’m pretty stubborn. I’m a lot like him. And he said, ‘If you go to college and graduate, I’ll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.’ So he bribed me. – Eric Church
83. I do think I’m country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. In my opinion, country music, the sound of country, has always evolved. But the one thing that has not changed is the story element. And I think country songs are truthful songs about life written by country people. – Sam Hunt
84. My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I’m definitely looking forward to another visit. It is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. I think every person in the entire country is nice. Seriously, I haven’t seen or heard of a mean person yet. And they love country music. – Joe Nichols
85. It seems that with other kinds of music, they are looking for the next big thing, but with country music, they might be looking for that, but they also want to have that warm blanket that helped them through that relationship or that singer they have always loved. – Darius Rucker
86. I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. – Willie Nelson
87. Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record. – Ed Sheeran
88. I try to write like the writers I admire – I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music, in general, is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I’m always looking for that angle in my own work. – Brad Paisley
89. It’s a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They’re not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a big cigar giving out record deals and driving round in Cadillacs with cattle horns on the front grille: it’s a bunch of really wonderful, open-minded, great people down on Music Row that make this music. – Brad Paisley
90. I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charley Pride could handle all the stuff he went through. – Darius Rucker
91. If it wasn’t for Kenny Rogers, I don’t think I would be in country music. He was that guy when I was a kid – his music and ‘Hee Haw’ made me perk my ears up and made me say, ‘What is this? I want to hear more of that.’ He was that catalyst for me to start this whole run in country music. – Darius Rucker
92. To me, country music has always been the home for a great song. – Zac Brown
93. I have a confession to make – I truly love country music. – Sarah Rees Brennan
94. That’s country music for you – bourbon and the Bible. – Dave Haywood
95. I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that’s what country music is to me real life stories and real life emotions. – Dustin Lynch
96. 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. – Patty Loveless
97. In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time. – Blake Shelton
98. 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. – Carrie Underwood
99. In New York, my dad raised me to listen to everything like hip-hop, rock and country music. When I moved to Dallas, I started listening to whatever I wanted to listen to. – Post Malone
100. Country music has to evolve in order to survive. – Blake Shelton
101. Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it’s not my whole life. – George Strait
102. 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. – Ray Charles
103. I kept hearing all these rules: ‘You can’t say that in country music.’ ‘You can’t use that kind of beat.’ I became so frustrated. It may have slingshotted me, in a rebellious way, toward doing something different. – Sam Hunt
104. If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I’m doing my job. – Cole Swindell
105. I’m the type of girl that would rather ride in a muddy truck than a fancy car.
106. She’s a little bit of heaven with a wild side.
107. I like my country music at the volume where I can’t hear you complaining about it.
108. City lights got nothing on country nights.
109. I’m not a tomboy but I’m not a girly girl either. I like to look pretty but I also like to get dirty.
110. I’d rather have a guy with jeans, boots, and truck than a guy with a suit, shiny shoes, and Ferrari any day.
111. How can anybody hate country music? It’s about summer, trucks, beer, family, and good times. Doesn’t get any better than that.
112. Sometimes I just need my horse time.
113. Any bad day can be fixed by driving country roads, windows down, and country music up.
114. Anytime you can hear cows mooing, instead of horns blowing, it is a blessing.
115. You can dress like a country girl. But can you work like one?
116. Roses are red. Violets are blue. Buy me cowboy boots and I’ll love you too.
117. They say I’m stubborn, sassy and difficult. I say, they just can’t handle my country charm.
118. I’m in need of a country night with a bonfire, good music, great friends, and a million stars.
119. I’d rather be lost in the woods than found in the city.
120. Shout out to the girls who would rather be riding than shopping.
121. Camo never goes out of style as far as I’m concerned.
122. I’m a big supporter of getting lost down old back roads.
123. Never trust a guy that doesn’t like to fish, can’t shoot a gun, or won’t shake your daddy’s hand.
124. Country style dating doesn’t require a lot of money because we enjoy the simple things in life. Things like picnics, fishing, BBQ’s, bonfires, mudding, sunrises, sunsets and truck bed stargazing.
125. Cowgirls are God’s wildest angels. They have cowboy hats for halos and horses for wings.
126. No matter how hard I try to be a proper lady, someone always finds a way to flip my redneck switch.
127. I don’t leave footprints in the sand. I leave boot tracks in the mud.
128. Every time you kiss me it’s like sunshine and whiskey.
129. You know you’ve got the keys to a country boy’s heart when you have the keys to his truck.
130. Here’s to the girls whose boots have seen horses, mud, and manure. Not just country concerts.
131. I think it’s my memory of this period that makes me fantasize about living in the country. In reality, I know there would be no shops and I would kill myself. – Frankie Boyle
132. Being in the country is like being in a dream—one doesn’t quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all—that strange human creature that is me, one among all. – Meia Geddes
133. The milking machines sounded tranquilizing, and there was the collegiality of seventy animal spirits thriving, warming the barn with cud-chewing, nose-snuffling, and sisterly mammalhood. – Edward Hoagland
134. I know perfectly well that it is impossible, according to arithmetic and scholarly books, to live in a far valley off a handful of ewes and two low yield cows. But we live, I say. You children all lived; your sisters now have sturdy children in far-off districts. And what you are now carrying under your heart will also live and be welcome, little one, despite arithmetic and scholarly books. – Halldór Laxness
135. The fresh and crisp air of the country reminds us that our blood surges from of the natural world and how tied we are to the sprung rhythms of earth and sky, weather and season. – Kilroy J. Oldster
136. Part of the great thing of looking back on how I went from the cattle ranch to the White House was, I was a country music DJ. I saw Garth Brooks perform for free in 1992 at the Colorado State Fair where I met this person who knew about this graduate school program. – Dana Perino
137. Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It’s really, truly, rural white America’s blues. – Dwight Yoakam
138. 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. – K. D. Lang
139. I’ll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am. – Dwight Yoakam
