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" It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't writing. "
Kacey Musgraves
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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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" 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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" In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective. "
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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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" 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'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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" I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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