Brad Paisley

It's a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They're not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a big cigar giving out record deals and driving round in Cadillacs with cattle horns on the front grille: it's a bunch of really wonderful, open-minded, great people down on Music Row that make this music.

American Musician

Romeo Santos

My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.

Phil Everly

When we first started recording, it was before rock, so people thought we were hillbilly hicks. That was something we had to deal with; the girls didn't think we were cool, although they did a few years later. We had ducktails and wore peg-leg pants. We looked like rock n' rollers.

Shea Hembrey

My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me and my sister, when we were little, we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains.

American Artist

Angie Harmon

I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.

American Model

Troy Aikman

They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect me to come out wearing my boots and spurs.

American Athlete

Mark Francois

Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex council estate. I realize that. But I can read.

British Politician

Can be derogatory, suggesting a lack of sophistication or worldliness.

Slightly pejorative

Used for people from rural areas, often by those from cities.

Country association

Sometimes used affectionately or humorously among friends.

Used in humor

Refers to stereotypes and might not match real cultural practices.

Cultural stereotype

It's informal and may not be appropriate in professional settings.

Informal usage

The term can carry a negative emotional weight; be cautious when using it.

Emotionally charged

 an hour from the nearest movie theater. And I think it was a great place to grow up as an artist because I grew up around quirky, colorful characters who were great at making with their hands. And my childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you,

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