Maren Morris Quotes
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I grew up listening to a lot of classic country, and I think that shows in my songwriting.
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There are the aesthetic pressures for a woman to be pretty and sexy, but not sexual or have desires beyond winning a guy's affections.
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I care about women's rights and reproductive rights and my gay friends being able to keep their marriages official. You don't want your genre to disown you for it - and I don't think they would now - but you still see that sort of hatred and vitriol that comes with disagreeing with the conservative agenda.
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My songs have some street talk in them, but that's the way I talk and the way a lot of people I know talk.
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I think I just knew in my head there was something special about 'My Church,' and getting to accept a Grammy for it was just proof that I made the right decision.
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A lot of new artists sign their deal and then go into a development stage for a year or two or sometimes never get out of it. For me, because I had been a working songwriter in town, I had a collection of songs that I was ready to make into an album. At the time, I didn't realize it was becoming an album, but it was.
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I think more guys should wake up and realize we're equal. You don't have to take care of me.
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It's a pipe dream, but for me, I've always wanted a Tesla. I would never have to go to a gas station.
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I love dry British humor. I love to sketch in my off time. I love tequila.
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There's Kelsea Ballerini, myself... Lauren Alaina, Raelynn, and there's been this influx of really amazing artists who happen to be women. I think I'm not really attached to the females in country conversation as much anymore, but I think, you know, we're here to stay, and we've always been here, and we've always been good.
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Food is always a favorite on my docket when I go somewhere.
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I feel like when I get into most rooms, melodies come really easily to me, and they sound good in my head. I never really know until I hear the song back and it's finished if it actually is good.
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Don't forget to celebrate. When I was first coming up, everything was so serious - we were always rushing to get to the next thing - that we didn't take the time to say, 'Man, look what we did just now.'
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I think I've learned how to be a better boss. I'm the one running the show now, and in the past, I've always kind of been looking at other people to make the decisions. I feel more confident to run not just my show, but behind the scenes, too.
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I learned to write from different points of view and not just something I would say.
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I always get less nervous when we get into rehearsals because it just gives me a better idea of how it's gonna go.
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I drive to clear my mind, like many people do. It's like, once you get in the car, whatever song you put on, it's so symbiotic. Your mood could change in a second.
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It definitely is an ice breaker going into the awards already having one, and it was just so crazy when I heard I did win because I was in London at the time, and we were doing a festival out there, and my manager was like, 'You just won an ACM.' And I was like, 'How? It's so early!'
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Being the everyman in the writing room helps a lot: you have to be a real collaborator and selfless, and not have ego when you walk in there. That's the antithesis of the artist mentality.
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They say it can all change with one song, and in my case, that rings very true, I was shocked that it happened this quickly.
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I have a Prius, but I'd love to have a white convertible like Richard Gere's in 'American Gigolo.'
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Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.
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There's not a lot of good content to write about when you're 13 years old, so you just have to kind of fake it.
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As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.