CMA AWARDS WINNERS

"I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer and get to sing the songs that I sing. ... I love country music and I love doing what I do." -- Kenny Chesney

"I can't tell you what this means to me to win this. I've always wanted to win this award at least once. This will do. It's unbelievable to me to be in the company that I'm in with these fantastic men." -- Brad Paisley

"God has blessed me with so many wonderful things in my life, and I will spend my entire life trying to figure out why. If you had told me a few years ago I would have been nominated with the people that I’ve been nominated with, I would have called you absolutely insane." -- Carrie Underwood

"I can’t even believe that this is real. I want to thank God and my family for moving to Nashville so that I could do this. I want to thank country radio. I’ll never forget the chance you took on me. ... Brad Paisley, thank you for letting me tour with you. ... And the fans, you have changed my life. I can’t even believe this. This is definitely the highlight of my senior year." -- Taylor Swift

"Of the awards that I was nominated [for], this is really the one I was hoping I could come up here for tonight. .... It's such a group effort to make an album -- from the engineers to the songwriters to the musicians. Long live the critters. ... To everybody, the record label, to radio and you fans, of course. My family, I love y'all." -- George Strait

"If we're standing up here and we have this lofty view ... it's because we're standing on the shoulders of giants, those people, those people who have come before us. ... Brooks & Dunn, they always rock it out, and they are so deserving. We are happy to be receiving this." -- Jennifer Nettles

"This is awesome. We'd like to thank our fans and country radio." -- Jay DeMarcus

"Country radio, thank you so much for being our mouthpiece. What we do means nothing if it never gets played and no one gets to hear it." -- Gary LeVox

"Thank you. Y'all have been letting me do this for 50 years and I love you." -- Bill Anderson

"I want to thank my ex-wife, Amy, for being such a good mother to my kids. She surely deserves half of this song and half of this award, too. She's a good woman." -- Jamey Johnson

"The writers -- Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear -- thank you so much for writing this song. ... My family, friends, everybody, thank you guys." -- Carrie Underwood

Presented prior to the telecast.

Presented prior to the telecast.

"I'm a musician so I'm not supposed to be able to speak. Thanks to all the nominees in the category with me." -- Jerry Douglas