Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I like when people have Western style, but it's throwback Seventies-ish. I like pearlsnap shirts and a bow-tie like the KFC man.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't.

Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves

I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.