“Country music is country music. It's the music of people who grew up in isolated surroundings, making music in their homes, with their own traditions.
It could be California, where Merle Haggard's from. It could be Maine. Dick Curless was born near the Canadian border, the world of Acadians who never made the trip down to Louisiana.
These stories have been obscured by commercial trends that have distorted the history of the music and its sense of inclusiveness.”
- Peter Guralnick