[Ted Cruz: 'On 9/11, I Didn't Like How Rock Music Responded: "Ever since 2001, I listen to country music," presidential hopeful says] "Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz :cigar: stopped listening to rock and roll and took up country music after 9/11. The 44-year-old Republican Texas senator, who announced he would be running for president this week, recently fielded questions about his personality on CBS This Morning, where he revealed the change in his listening habits.
"Music is interesting," he said. "I grew up listening to classic rock, and I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
"And I have to say, it just is a gut-level. I had an emotional reaction that says, these are my people," Cruz said of country artists. "So ever since 2001, I listen to country music. But I'm an odd country music fan, because I didn't listen to it prior to 2001..." Full text: Ted Cruz: 'On 9/11, I Didn't Like How Rock Music Responded
"Country music promotes drunkenness and adultery." ~ Adrian Rogers 1 Co 6:9-10, Phil 4:8
"Music is interesting," he said. "I grew up listening to classic rock, and I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
"And I have to say, it just is a gut-level. I had an emotional reaction that says, these are my people," Cruz said of country artists. "So ever since 2001, I listen to country music. But I'm an odd country music fan, because I didn't listen to it prior to 2001..." Full text: Ted Cruz: 'On 9/11, I Didn't Like How Rock Music Responded
"Country music promotes drunkenness and adultery." ~ Adrian Rogers 1 Co 6:9-10, Phil 4:8
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