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Maren Morris - Humble Quest

Jun 15, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Song Seed From A Drive

  • Maren Morris got the phrase "humble quest" while driving around Nashville and brought it into a songwriting session the next day.
  • She and co-writers Jimmy Robbins and Laura Veltz treated the session like therapy to unpack what the phrase meant.
INSIGHT

Humble As A Weapon

  • Maren noticed "humble" was being weaponized against confident people, especially women, and wrote the song to explore that tension.
  • The idea framed humility as a pressured expectation rather than a personal quality.
ANECDOTE

Demo Laid The Musical Foundation

  • Jimmy Robbins built the demo by laying drum beats and multiple guitar parts into the computer while Maren focused on melody and lyric.
  • The demo's basic musical heart remained on the final record even after Greg Kurstin produced it.
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