You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.
George StraitRead
You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it.
Interpretation
Traditional country music has enduring value and will always have a place in culture.
In this quote, George Strait expresses his confidence in the timelessness of traditional country music. He suggests that despite changing trends in the music industry, the essence and appeal of traditional country will persist and continue to resonate with audiences for generations to come.
In practice
In a speech at a music festival to highlight the importance of cultural genres.
You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.
Life's not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I'd say three years ago we played in my hometown of San Antonio for 55,000 people at the Alamodome and walking out there with a crowd like that is just, you're excited, you're scared. There are just so many emotions going on. I still get nervous for things like that until after I sing about the first one or two songs, then I settle down.
This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.
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.
I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can.
The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band. It is what all the other instruments stand upon, but it is rarely recognized as that.
A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing you have is your uniqueness, so we hold on to that.
Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was theirs; it wasn't their parents'. I think hip-hop became the musical style that embraces that mentality.
The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.
I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure you could put on a live show before you put a record out. And if your first album sold 100,000 to 200,000 copies, they were happy, because they figured you had your foot in the door on a way to a long career.
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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