I live in Nashville, and I don’t know how many people there would call me country. I really started in punk and anti-folk, but one of the reasons I originally gravitated towards country music is because most of those songs only use three chords. That was the easiest place for me to start, but I’m always trying to expand what I do. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
Shotgun’s one of the first songs I ever wrote. It’s about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
If I could be more vague I’d write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I’ve done that before. Unless they’re sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it’s probably for the best. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
I have this friend who has a theory that lots of towns have energies. And, for instance, certain places in Alabama have bad ones because they were built on reservations or built on cemeteries or something. But Nashville has a really gravitational, magnetic pull. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It’s too expensive otherwise. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
It wasn’t my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn’t run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people ’til I was about 17 years old. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
I used to be fast and loose with the term ‘country’ because I didn’t know what else to call my music. I still don’t. Caitlin Rose Read Quote
