Maren Morris shares five things you didn't know about her music-making process backstage at Billboard's Women In Music 2024.
Maren Morris
I'm Maren Morris. And these are five things you don't know about my music. I can't record vocals drunk, the moment the alcohol touches my lips it sounds horrible. So I don't know, I wish I could feel like I could be a more relaxed singer if I had a few glasses of wine. But yeah, I think about it too much. I get a lot of questions from people about how songs are written and how they start. There is no rhyme or reason. Sometimes I start with a title. Sometimes I start with a melody that I recorded in my voice app. And sometimes it's just a lyrical idea. But I feel like it's kind of funny because I never know how the song will start. I wrote my song “The Bones” in about an hour. And then I think we recorded it an hour later. So sometimes, not all the time, you get a really fast song. And you think of the song gods when that happens. One of my favorite places is Red Rocks, you're outside, you're under the stars, you're in the elements. And it's like a community show. Get my music inspiration. Honestly, from conversations with friends. I feel like at this point they know if I stop or become speechless after I've said something. It's because I'm digging into our conversation for lyric ideas. Not all the time, but you know when Maren's not here anymore and it's because I'm like, “How am I going to turn this into a song tomorrow?” And those are five things you didn't know.
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