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.

Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.

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

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy.

I think penguins are cute.