When I hear a great country song, I get chills and I want to cry. You feel something. And just sometimes that magic and the stars line up somehow or another, and it creates something that's really, really, really special. Ashley Monroe chillcountrycreate 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
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
When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me. Ashley Monroe daddaydie Change image and share on social
I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've got that Appalachian soul. Ashley Monroe appalachianbearblood Change image and 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
When I sing, I go somewhere else. Every time after I sing, I'll ask, 'Did I do OK?' Because I feel like it's like my soul squeezing out of my vocal chords. I don't sit there and think about 'I'm gonna do this next...' I just sing. I sing from my heart, and my heart's got a little lonesome in it. Ashley Monroe chordfeelgonna 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
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