Kacey Musgraves appears on the cover of March Rolling Stone, and in addition to her featured profile, the country-pop star sat down to answer questions about her first singing contest, her first expensive purchase and more about The first time.
Musgraves always talked about his love for Willie Nelson, but she revealed that she was speechless the first time she met her hero. “I was also very high, so it probably had something to do with it,” she said.
Later, she talked about the emotional experience of listening to her first song on the radio. His sister, who was sitting in the passenger seat of Musgraves’ car, filmed the moment; Musgraves cried when he first heard “Merry-Go-Round” playing on his speakers.
“That was something completely foreign to me,” she said. “I don’t think people realize how much work it takes to listen to your music on the radio. It takes years of work, grinding his bones and traveling, and missing his family and his grandmother’s birthday party. You have to sacrifice a lot, but at that moment when you hear your music for the first time, it’s unbelievable. It is very exciting and very special. “