For three months, we kept going into these writing sessions going, 'Man, I just heard this song on the radio, and it told me to slide my sugar shaker over.' If any guy spoke to us the way those country songs spoke to women, it would not be good for that guy. I would probably punch him in the face.
— Maddie Marlow
We hadn't met anyone else as ambitious as us. We immediately recognized each other's drive.
Some people forget that when you are collaborating, you aren't always right. So you have to be open-minded and have to remember there are two minds creating. So you have to respect the other person.
'Conservative' is a term that resonates differently with people. For us, Tae and I take that as being modest. The easiest way to put it is, if there's a little girl in the audience, and she's looking at us, I want her parents to feel comfortable with her admiring us and looking up to us.
I will say, as southern women, there is a southern way of life that inspires a lot of music. I can see why that's a common thread through music, but the best part about country is it's about real life. It's not about this glamorous Lamborghini, walking around with gold necklaces, all that stuff.
Would Jesus be bashing people for thinking differently than you even if you think it's wrong? Nope. He would be loving on everyone.
Just because someone has a different political view or opinion than you doesn't make them a bad person.
I truly look in the mirror and love who I am today because of the pain that I had to go through to get here.
I've gotten a lot better with accepting change, because I used to want a consistent schedule.
The center stone on my ring is the diamond from my mom's original engagement ring. My parents have been married 25 years! My dad bought her a new ring a while back, so she kept her original diamond to pass down to me or my sister someday. It is so special having an heirloom ring because I will get to pass it down one day, too.
I love country music because it's honest - and I'm a terrible liar.
I remember being in high school and trying to absorb the knowledge that people in the public eye had to give.
Being a young woman, fashion is super important, and it's just fun.
To tie in the whole Christianity aspect, as Christians, we're taught our whole lives to love people no matter what, and in country music, that's okay; that's something that's accepted. That's why it's a great genre for us, because we can speak about all kinds of different things.
Being bold and standing our ground is important, and making sure you don't allow people to run all over you.
If your political views define who you are as a human, and you can't stand to have friends that have different views than you, than you need to reevaluate, my friend.
The biggest lesson I learned in 2017 is do the best with what you have with where you are.
When I go home to Texas and get recognized a lot, that can be weird.
We just feel so blessed, like God picked us two goobers to do this crazy thing and speak up for people that don't have a voice and give them something to hang onto. If we've done that for one person, I think we've done our job.
Country fans can sniff out phony from a mile away.
It's a spiritual experience on stage almost every night. Especially, with the song 'Fly.' We were so inspired to write this song and just to hear people's stories and how it's impacted them.
Music is obviously our No. 1, always. But it's so fun to venture out to another creative outlet.
We've always been huge fans of the Dixie Chicks. They talked about subject matter that people didn't necessarily want to talk about and made people pay attention to issues.
We believe that with our music, we should be saying exactly what we think. We want to speak up for people who don't have a voice. That's what our music does.
It's our job as followers of Christ to love our brothers and sisters even if they are different than us!
I'm not going to allow my trials to defeat me, I'm going to let them build me up and learn from them and take as much wisdom as I can from each trial.
Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
I have a really weird thing with my dreams. I've had vivid dreams in the past that actually came true days after the dream.
