The list of artists who have recorded his songs is a who's who of country music, including Buck Owens, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Eddie Arnold, Conway Twitty, Vern Gosdin and many others.

In 1995 Garth Brooks said, "If one looks down the list of music's greatest writers of all time, I couldn't imagine the list being complete without the name of Larry Bastian.

LARRY BASTIAN, STILL TO THIS DAY, WILL NOT WRITE A DAMN WORD DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER. IT MAKES YOU SO NERVOUS. BUT HE STILL BELIEVES IF IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. YOU CAN BE WRITING A SONG YOU'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WET YOUR PANTS AND HE WON'T LET YOU WRITE ANYTHING DOWN.
- Garth Brooks