Quotes from Kacey Musgraves

When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.

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.

I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.

If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.

My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.

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.

I'm a really huge John Prine fan; I love his clever conversationalist songs.

I drink to feel / I smoke to breathe / Just look what love / Has done to me

Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.

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.

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

I would love to go to India. And also someday, I want to have a family. That's my bucket-list.

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.

I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.

I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.