To just get in front of different kinds of audiences is important for me. I do think it's important for music to be a big family. Whether it's country or not. Ashley Monroe audiencebigcountry Change image and share on social
Once you get everything out of your head about what everybody else is going to think, will radio play it - and I hope they do, I really do - once you shed all of that and just be who you are, that's who I am. That's taken a lot of growing up. I've come into myself musically and as a woman, and I hope to keep growing. If you don't grow, you die. Ashley Monroe diegrowhave share on social
Roy Acuff's from Maynardville, and that's where a lot of my family's from. So he's, I've been told, a distant cousin, as well. Ashley Monroe acuffcousindistant Change image and share on social
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. Ashley Monroe guessidealot share on social
I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through a similar thing that might need to hear it. I know music helped me a lot. And still does. Ashley Monroe feelgifthear share on social
The core of me is country. It's what I love. It's what I write. Even when I sing pop stuff, I'm still singing it 'countrily.' Ashley Monroe corecountrilycountry Change image and share on social
I always sang when I was little-bitty girl. I sang all the time. And then I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee, so I sang in a show at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. You know, they have all those variety shows where Dollywood is. And I sang there and yodeled and clogged, but I never wrote my own songs. Ashley Monroe bittyclogdollywood share on social
That can definitely mess with your music - if you overthink. 'What's radio going to think?' or 'What are these people going to think?' Ashley Monroe mesmusicoverthink Change image and share on social
The first record I made when I was 17. Labels merged and plans didn't work out, but plans never work out as planned. But I never stopped making music. I never had a backup plan. I never thought, 'Maybe I should just write, or maybe I should...' I just kept going. Ashley Monroe backuplabelmake share on social
One of my favorite things to do is sit around and listen to old records... You're forced to listen to the whole thing. And it's so cool digging through the bins trying to find them. I get giddy about records. Ashley Monroe bincooldig share on social