Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.
Dwight YoakamIt's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music.
Dwight YoakamI come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, and the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of God discloses. And he walks with me, and he talks with me. And he tells me I am his own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.
Dwight Yoakam