Alan Jackson (Forever Country) 1 OC: …for somebody. :17
“Well, I knew it was the 50th Anniversary, so I was hoping they would come up with something interesting to do and something cool that would include a lot of artists. So, that’s what this is and I think they’ve done a good job with it, and it was hard to narrow down three songs and to narrow down all the artists too. It was a tough job for somebody.”

Alan Jackson (Forever Country) 2 OC: …very cool. :13
“When I first heard which songs they were using and I knew they were going to mix them up, I knew it was going to take a lot of thinking for somebody to make all those mesh together but when I heard the track it actually turned out pretty cool, very cool.”

Kacey Musgraves (Forever Country song) OC: …pretty special. :30
“This project is crazy. I really respect the roots of the genre, the traditions of it. I just really love it.  So it’s been really fun for me to take that, which inspires me, and mix it with my own new ideas, and me as a 27-year-old girl in 2016 and make it my own thing. So, being a part of this song, a song with my peers but also with these amazing icons and legends is pretty special.”

Lady Antebellum (Forever Country) OC: …around us.  :29
“We got approached by Shane McAnally through our management and we thought it was really interesting. Obviously being able to be a part of the 5oth year of the CMAs, the anniversary of that, it’s a huge milestone for country music and to be included was awesome and the songs that they chose, I mean it doesn’t get more iconic and legendary than that and then the company we’re in? Goodness, it’s our heroes all around us.”

Lady Antebellum (Forever Country) 2 OC: …massive songs. :51
“I think I guess it puts our own stamp having three voices on that song which would separate it of course from the original but you know, what I thought was really cool was that all these songs represented are country songs that have also kind of crossed over in a way. They’re big, popular songs. ‘Country Roads’ was actually more of a pop song that turned into a country song and then you’ve got, of course, ‘I Will Always Love You’ which was a country song that then turned into a big pop song so I think that’s very representative too of where country music is right now – a genre that really does skirt the line and it is such a broad appeal and it always has been but it’s really cool to kind of be singing songs that weren’t just country songs. These are just iconic, massive songs.”

Rascal Flatts (Forever Country) 1 OC: …fun to do. :32
Gary LeVox: “Well we first heard about the project when they, they actually sent us an email and told us what was going on and sent us some lines and who all was gonna be on it and what it was for, and we were just thrilled and honored to be a part of it, you know, with George Strait and all the and Reba and Charley Pride and Willie and you know, but we were thrilled, and it’s just the way that they took these three gigantic songs and made ‘em all mash up so perfectly is just is incredible. So, it’s gonna be really, really fun to do.”

Rascal Flatts (On the Road Again) OC: …so special. :26
Jay DeMarcus: actually it does fit us because we all started traveling at a really young age, I been on the road playing music since I was 15 years old and we uh certainly were on the same bus for many many years together so it was a thrill to be able to sing that line, in one of the most popular country songs ever.” Joe Don Rooney: “Yeah, it’s special to be a part of that, be in a band, and you know well be in a trio, but still a band, and Willie Nelson, my dad loves Willie, so to have him singing on it, we come in right after him, it’s just so special.”