Quotes from Maren Morris

It's such a changing industry, and I realize that it's become more digital- and singles-driven, but I still love listening to a full record. It's the artist's story captured in 12 or 15 songs.

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.

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.

I'm not in the teenybopper bracket, and I'm not in the 30-plus bracket. The fan response has been really widespread, age-wise.

Right before I go out, we usually put on some Lauryn Hill or Fugees, and I'll do a shot of tequila just to calm my nerves.

It's a pipe dream, but for me, I've always wanted a Tesla. I would never have to go to a gas station.

Enjoy every moment because it is so good and just a testament to all the work you've put in.

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

I don't know if there's something in the water in Texas, but there's a lot of us really ballsy women that have something to say.

I was 14, and I played this club that's no longer there because it was poorly managed: the Texas Tea House in Fort Worth.

I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.

I started to see this common theme with the songs that I was writing or co-writing, and it all had this really strong, independent point of view that I had subconsciously been craving from the music scene.

Ever since the Dixie Chicks, the female perspective on country radio has been love songs. I love love songs, but we do have more to talk about, so it's nice that other perspectives are coming back.

I love playing with my dog and just sitting on the patio with people I don't get to see very often anymore. I'm a pretty simple gal.

I think if you listen to my album, you could probably gather that I am not the most gung-ho conservative-ideology-leaning person.

I have a Prius, but I'd love to have a white convertible like Richard Gere's in 'American Gigolo.'

I think about all of the freaking talent shows I've tried out for in my life, and I'm so glad I didn't make any of them.

It's not my aim to be this, like, 'savior for females.' I just want to make good music.

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.

I remember thinking the Nineties were uncool: 'I landed in the generation where nothing happens.'

Even when a drunk guy, a program director, was slurring his words and telling me what to do with my career, I didn't react to him in a negative way. You kind of have to joke back with them to put them in their place.

There's no grace period between album one and album two.

When I look at most lineups, especially in country, women are definitely lacking in numbers.

There's no real high like finishing a new song, playing it a thousand times in your car, and freaking out with your co-writers.