Quotes from Maren Morris

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.'

There are so many times I turn on the radio, and I hear a guy, and I have no idea who it is because it sounds like four other people.

I didn't move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal. I didn't have those stars in my eyes. I just wanted to take a break, relax, and figure out songwriting.

Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.

I love, love songs, but sometimes it's okay to just be young and talk about something other than getting married or falling in love.

I love listening to the radio because there's something about that discovery, that platform, still being the main medium. And it is changing with streaming services, but I like to listen to what people are listening to and figure out why is this song so catchy.

I thought there was a glitch when they told me that in two or three weeks 'My Church' hit a million streams.

I'll just drive around if I'm stuck on something or have a case of writer's block.

The art of songwriting is just stumbling your way to something really special, and you don't know what you're going to write until you are writing it. There is no formula. And, sometimes, you really have to work at it and hunker down.

I'm just so used to music videos or live TV, so to really see something that's scripted and you have to do it over and over again to get every angle - it's fascinating to me. I would love to do a little acting.

I didn't grow up around a lot of souped-up automobiles. I love my Prius.

I always go back to old vinyl albums I loved, and that's sort of the aim I had with 'Hero' - just to make it look classic and feel like me, but also timeless in a way.

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.