Maren Morris Quotes

Being a musician in Texas had its own set of risks.

Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.

I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.'

My dad, Billy Ray, he had a huge hit in the '90s with 'Achy Breaky Heart.' And, you know, as a kid I always said I wanted to be just like my dad. And it's crazy - just be careful what you wish for because I had the same thing he had, which was a huge hit off his first album.

We just dig Southern rock 'n' roll. It hasn't been represented well at all. So, we want to see the people in the South get their music out.

I was signed to RCA to be a country singer.

I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself as a singer when I first moved here. But then right after I first moved, I started writing a lot.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

There's nothing like Nashville for making records.

'Never Gonna Give You Up' in 1987 was a huge international hit followed by several more, and while I appreciated how lucky I was, it catapulted me into a completely new world and simply took over my life.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.

One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.

I'm a country artist first and just happen to be on television doing it.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.

I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.

When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album.

If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.

I've been a fan of Adele since her first project.

I feel like 'Nashville' can go on indefinitely.

Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas.

When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.

When I was playing with the Truckers, a lot of really good things happened. And we had a good trajectory for a long time. For that kind of a band, for the kind of music that I've always made, we had a lot of success, I think.