Trisha Yearwood (Forever Country) OC: …to be asked. :30
“This mashup is something that I didn’t really, like I kept getting in bits and pieces what it was and I really didn’t understand what it was until I got more information ‘cause I kept hearing it was ‘Take Me Home Country Roads,’ and then I heard ‘I Will Always Love You’ and I’m like what are they doing exactly? When I found out Shane McAnally was in charge, I was like he’s so musical he’s a great songwriter. I know this is gonna be cool and then when I found out that they were using so many different artists, I was just excited and truly honored to be asked.”

Trisha Yearwood (Forever Country) 2 OC: …be her song. 1:19
“John Denver was a pop artist, but ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ is a country song I think if John Denver moved to town now and got a record deal he would definitely be a country artist and you know just the lyric would make sense, take me home country roads. ‘On the Road Again,’ I mean I live that every day of my life, and Willie Nelson is an iconic figure in our industry you know he’s so recognizable from his singing and his look and his, he’s just I love his music so I love that song and it makes sense to be singing ‘On the Road Again’ ‘cause every artist that’s doing this lives that life. ‘I Will Always Love You,’ iconic, Dolly Parton probably one of our best songwriters ever and of course her voice speaks for itself, but that song in particular it’s been recorded by so many people and been a hit for so many people. I mean, I probably heard Linda Ronstadt version of ‘I Will Always Love You’ before I heard Dolly’s ‘cause I was a huge Ronstadt fan when I was a kid…still am. And then of course we all know Whitney made it hugely famous again, but it’s Dolly’s version. It’s that sweet voice singing those lyrics that, and when I heard her in there when I was doing the video just to hear her sing is like, it’s her song and it’ll always be her song.”

Trisha Yearwood (Forever Country) 3 OC: …is so cool. :44
“I mean, I think that, for me the moment where it came together for me is in the singing of it in the studio, I got to really hear really well what everybody else was doing. Most everybody else’s voice was on this when I did my part, so I had the luxury of hearing everybody pretty much and so it was easy to know where to fit, how to blend, and what was happening. And then in there in front of the green screen, you just think about that you’re thinking about the fact that you’re singing right behind Martina McBride, and I got to sing right behind Charley Pride so there’s such a nice mix of every era of country music in this song and the video that I’m just trying not to be giddy the whole time you’re supposed to be emoding, and I’m just really going, ‘This is so cool.’”

Tim McGraw (Forever Country song) OC: …a part of. :50
“Well, Faith and I got emails from our managers respectively and sort of around the same time I guess and we got it, and you know, we’re such fans of country music, fans of music in general but country music in particular because we grew up with it. We grew up listening to country music and all the people that are involved are people that we love and people we loved ten years ago, twenty years ago and today. And gosh, even 30, 40 years ago- some of the artists that are sitting on this. It was just one of those special times in history, in the history of our music and what they’re doing- we don’t want to not be a part of it. It just felt like something that was really cool to be a part of.”