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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. "
Kacey Musgraves
Focus
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Too
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" 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. "
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You
" 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'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. "
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Goal
" You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible. "
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" In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective. "
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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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Hair
" 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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Ignore
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" I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap. "
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Cheap
Rebel
Out
" 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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" 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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Own
Music
" 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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Famous
Radio
Will
" 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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Think
Fun
Love
" Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things. "
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Want
Brain
Angry
" I like to make people think a little bit. "
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Little
" Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring. "
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Want
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" I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board. "
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Group
Love
Music
" 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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My Life
Life
Grow
" 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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Texas
Pretty
Parents
" When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it. "
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Feel
Me
Singing
" 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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Feel
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" It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't writing. "
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Time
Hard
" 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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Place
" 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. "
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Together
Long
" 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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" 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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Kid
" 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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Go
Think
Radio
" 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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Time
Cute
Doors
" 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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Going
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Think
" I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up. "
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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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Valley
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