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" I love Lee Ann Womack and John Prine. That's kind of my ideal cross point. If I can sing it like Lee Ann would and say it like John would, then I feel like I've gotten somewhere. "

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" You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible. "

" I'd rather have 100,000 people who really get what I'm doing and like it for what it is than a million who can take it or leave it. "

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" Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers. "

" I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it. "

" I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place. "

" I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category. "

" I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable. "

" Obviously, I don't live and die by it, everything my horoscope says. But I feel like there's definitely something to it. "

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" I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up. "

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" A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it. "

" I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out. "

" If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other. "

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" When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into. "

" It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything. "

" My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt. "

" I had a blast on tour with Little Big Town. We got to play some beautiful rooms around the country - some really amazing old theaters. And it was just cool to see a band that's been together for so long. "

" I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is. "

" Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want. "

" Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't. "

" I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has. "

" I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently? "

" I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around. "

" My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone. "

" I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that. "

" I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it. "

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" My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face. "

" I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap. "

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" I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute. "