Maren Morris Quotes

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed.

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

When I was little kid, I used to want to be a rock star.

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

I am devoting some time to music. I'm finding a balance in my life right now so that when I'm not acting I'm really working on the music side of things... producing and writing and recording and also getting to do some live shows. It's a really exciting thing.

Growing up, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

When I started out, I was what they called corny. After a week in Nashville they were calling me hillbilly.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my foundations to be about improving as a performer and writer. No one could push me into going down that route of being a celebrity singer.

I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.

In 1997, I thought I'd never make another record.

I really wanted a No. 1 single from my first album, but I would not do anything different. It was real and honest and I didn't pretend anything.

I recorded my first song when I was 13, 14 years old, and I've been running with it ever since.

Anybody wherever I've ever been in my life, one thing they can always say good or bad, I was always doing music and I always wanted to be a rapper.

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.

People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work.

I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.

I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't necessarily know if I wanted to do it for a profession. I wanted to do it to express myself.

I wanted to become a better songwriter, so it seemed like a no-brainer to move to Nashville, where some of the best writers in the world live.

I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do.

I began working as an assistant since the age of 16 with my father Dabboo Malik, went on to work with composers like Amar Mohile, Salim-Sulaiman, Pritam Da, and Sandeep Chowta.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

I don't have any desire to go back into the studio, and I certainly don't have any desire to go back on the road.