Maren Morris Quotes

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.

I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.

If you go into the mainstream with a female perspective that seems to resonate with a lot of people, you have a political agenda imposed on you: you are told that you are a feminist.

I was lucky to grow up in the '90s, when we had just as many strong female artists as male artists. That's a world I would like to live in again.

Women's music is underrepresented.

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty. You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.

To me, it's exciting that women are dominating the pop charts.

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

I believe there are talented female rappers out there that aren't one-dimensional. It's OK to be one-dimensional, by the way.

There was a time when we had a nice little run: Eve, Lil' Kim, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Remy Ma, Da Brat - it goes on. But what I noticed is that a lot of talented females in hip-hop came out of a male camp.

We opened the door for women rappers.

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

A few people have asked me about the women agenda on country radio. I can only speak for myself on this, and all I have to say is that I'm very grateful, and thankful, that country radio has been so automatically accepting, and supportive, of me and my music.

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.

There's just something so special about 'God Made Girls.' It comes from a girl's perspective, and there's nothing like that on radio right now, and so I think that's what made us able to pick that song as a single.

In music today, people are against females. We don't have that empowerment anymore. We don't have that voice.

I think it's hard when you're a woman because the music industry is way more masculine than feminine, so you have to make your own space and fight for it.