“Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.”
“Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world.”
“Music is poetry with personality.”
“Poetry is the music of the soul”
“Music is the poetry of the air.”
“The measure of one's love for good poetry and for good music is the hatred, the violent hatred, one feels for bad poetry and bad music.”