Miranda Lambert: Comments from Lambert and Maren Morris about their collaboration for Lambert’s new song, “Too Pretty for Prison” (Audio)
“This new record has some many little details on it that become my favorites every time I listen, but one of those details is a fellow Texan and label mate, my friend, Maren Morris, sang on a song with me that I also wrote with the Love Junkies. I knew from the second we were writing it that I would love to have Maren on it. It popped in my head right away before the song was even done. So, I asked her to come in and sing on it. It’s such a girl anthem. It’s called ‘Too Pretty for Prison,’ and it was actually inspired by Karen Fairchild. We were having a wine night and I always tell all my friends leaving, ‘Don’t leave if you’ve been drinking because you’re too pretty for prison.’ So thanks Karen for sharing that wine bottle with me and taking an Uber.”
“So Miranda reached out to me several months ago about a song that she had that she wanted to make a duet with myself and it was called ‘Too Pretty for Prison,’ which is an amazing title. And, I heard the demo that she sent and it was so sassy and well written and humorous and didn’t take itself too seriously and I think it just embodies her so well and I was very honored that she asked me to be a part of it and it’s going to be on her new record. And then, now that we are going on tour this fall, we’ll hopefully get to sing it live for the crowds. I just can’t wait for people to hear it because it’s a whole lot of sass so expect that from two Texas girls.”