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" 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. "

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Kacey Musgraves

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Die

" 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. "

Kacey Musgraves

Say

Love

" In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective. "

" 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. "

" When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both. "

" 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. "

Kacey Musgraves

Leave

Doing

" 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 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. "

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

Kacey Musgraves

Great

Place

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

" 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. "

" Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things. "

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

" 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. "

Kacey Musgraves

Think

Radio

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

" 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 didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone. "

" 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. "

Kacey Musgraves

Give

Want

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My personal style is a big mix. A lot of it's pretty vintage. I love vintage looks. I'm obsessed with the mid '60s era, even '70s, it was a good era for clothes, hair, music, and cars. "

" 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 feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing. "

" 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. "

" A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you. "

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

" I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music. "

" 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 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. "