As Miranda Lambert has repeated time after time, country music artists are a family, and many of them share long friendships throughout their careers and beyond. The genre has many bromances like Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, and many more. The ladies of country music have shared friendships as well, like Reba and Dolly, Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce, Miranda and Carrie Underwood and more.

Country music also has fun stories of how Luke Combs and Lainey Wilson came up together in Nashville, collaborating for years before they became country superstars. Wilson opened his stadium tour this summer.

Then there is the tale of Ashley McBryde once housesitting for country icon Dolly Parton and almost setting her house on fire. McBryde was a friend of Dolly’s niece, and unfortunately, Parton had to fire Ashley due to the microwave mishap.

For years in country music, we have experienced our stars talking about each other and sharing their lives. In honor of those friendships, we gathered quotes that country stars have said about each other in the last few years.

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• Blake Shelton on Reba after it was announced she would replace him on “The Voice” from a 2023 press event

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  "Well, there's a couple of things about Reba that make her so special. First of all, she's just so authentic. I don't know anybody in country or on the planet, who is more authentic than Reba, and that's just the truth, but the other thing is her talent. She was born with this raw, natural talent that's just unbelievable. People will finally maybe start to realize what an incredible vocalist she is."

• Cody Johnson on Jelly Roll backstage at the 2023 CMA Fest

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  "Jelly's one of my favorite people to hang out with. You may not look at me and know this, but I have a pretty jaded past as well. I relate to him, and he relates to me, and we're so opposite; you've got the cowboy hat and the face tattoos... I think it's a very opposite attraction kind of thing. The respect is mutual and real recognizes real."

• Carrie Underwood on Dolly Parton to CMT December 2020

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  "I think her true legacy is how she has made the world better. She could've just been Dolly Parton and taken her money and just lived for herself. But she was given gifts by God, and she takes them, she does the work, she uses them to glorify God, and she gives back. She cares about people. That's her legacy."

• Keith Urban on Miranda Lambert about when she opened shows for him in 2005 on the red carpet at the ACM Honors in 2019

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  "She was one of the very few artists that I would see out there watching our show. Almost every night. And I just felt like, then, 'kindred spirit,' that's how you do it, that's how you grow."

• Darius Rucker on Kane Brown to “Time” Magazine in September of 2021

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  "He has that unquantifiable 'it' factor. He's so laid-back and doesn't take himself too seriously, but he also really cares about his craft."

• Lainey Wilson on Ashley McBryde from my 2021 Interview:

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  "She's a dear friend to me. And there's this one story that I always think about when I think of Ashley. We were somewhere on the road, I believe, in Texas. And we were sitting on the bus. We had a little bit of whiskey, and she grabbed my hand, and she was like lightning. She said, 'I want to help you over this wall.' And she said, 'I want literally help you any way that I possibly can. But you got to promise me that when you find somebody who you love and believe in as much as I do, you, that you will do the same exact thing.'"

• Morgan Wallen on Eric Church co-writing “Quittin’ Time” from his “Dangerously” album from my December 2020 Interview

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  "I'm obviously a huge fan of Eric Church. I've spoken about him since I've been in this industry and how much of a hero he is to me. Having him allow me to sing a song that he's a writer on is truly one of my favorite accomplishments that I've got so far in my career. I love his style, his attitude, and just the way he's handled himself has always really resonated with me."

• Carly Pearce on Luke Bryan in a statement after it was announced she was joining his “Crash My Playa” event in 2023

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  "Luke is one of the craziest, funniest people I've ever met in my life, so I can only imagine what you do when you get Luke down with tons of tequila and a beach. So, I can't wait."

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