Quotes from Maddie Marlow

We are serious about our fishing, and that's why, when we take guys fishing, and they aren't being serious about it, we kick them to the curb.

Being a young woman, fashion is super important, and it's just fun.

I truly look in the mirror and love who I am today because of the pain that I had to go through to get here.

I think, us ladies, we are complicated creatures.

I'd love for us to be on our way to having a career like Reba McEntire or Shania Twain; to be Entertainer of the Year, to have headlined big tours, and really be women when we're doing it.

'Girl In A Country Song' is basically a song about what it's like to be the girl in modern day country songs and how hard it is to be this perfect Barbie doll girl that we are portrayed as.

It's a spiritual experience on stage almost every night. Especially, with the song 'Fly.' We were so inspired to write this song and just to hear people's stories and how it's impacted them.

Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.

We're acoustically driven, and there's no doubt we're country.

It's nice knowing we're putting the banjo, the fiddle, the steel, and the mandolin back out front.

The center stone on my ring is the diamond from my mom's original engagement ring. My parents have been married 25 years! My dad bought her a new ring a while back, so she kept her original diamond to pass down to me or my sister someday. It is so special having an heirloom ring because I will get to pass it down one day, too.

We have more to offer than just looking good.

Some people forget that when you are collaborating, you aren't always right. So you have to be open-minded and have to remember there are two minds creating. So you have to respect the other person.

What's an opening night without forgetting some lyrics?

Being a member of the Grand Ole Opry and headlining a tour would be our two things that we'd love to accomplish at some point.

We believe that with our music, we should be saying exactly what we think. We want to speak up for people who don't have a voice. That's what our music does.

Music is obviously our No. 1, always. But it's so fun to venture out to another creative outlet.

With 'Sierra,' this mean girl had all these kids bullying me - and I wrote the first verse and chorus the night before Tae and I came to Nashville.

We're not doing anything vicious or doing anything hateful. All we're doing is writing music that's our truth. I don't think there's any karma for that.

Just because someone has a different political view or opinion than you doesn't make them a bad person.

Being a woman in country is really empowering. It's a genre where you can truly say whatever you want to say as long as you're 100% behind your message and who you are.

If your political views define who you are as a human, and you can't stand to have friends that have different views than you, than you need to reevaluate, my friend.

The biggest lesson I learned in 2017 is do the best with what you have with where you are.