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" 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
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" 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. "
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" Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way for a lot of ballsy singer-songwriters who weren't just cute. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I like when people have Western style, but it's throwback Seventies-ish. I like pearlsnap shirts and a bow-tie like the KFC man. "
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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. "
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" Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways. "
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" 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. "
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" Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want. "
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" 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. "
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" 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? "
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" I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has. "
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" I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute. "
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" You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible. "
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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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" I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place. "
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" Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things. "
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" In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective. "
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