Kacey Musgraves gets her song ideas from real life, and for her latest single, “Keep It To Yourself,” it’s no different. The inspiration for the song came from a previous relationship, but did you know the title of the song came from…her mother?

“My mom, she’s always sending me song ideas. Here and there she’ll text me, and some of ‘em are doozies,” says Kacey. “But she had this one, she said, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ one day, and I thought that’d be a really cool song title…I typically don’t start writing sessions off with a title, but I brought it one day to Shane McAnally and Luke Laird, and they loved it.”

Kacey is making history again by becoming the first country artist to perform at the 25^th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York May 3rd.

Kacey, who picked up the ACM Award for Album of the Year (Same Trailer Different Park), will appear in the new installment of CMT Crossroads with Katy Perry June 13th.  

Kacey Musgraves (Keep It To Yourself-Mom) OC: …in again. :38
“So, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ it’s funny, because my mom, she’s always sending me song ideas, here and there she’ll text me, and some of ‘em are doozies. But she had this one, she said, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ one day, and I thought that’d be a really cool song title, and I just had it. I typically don’t start writing sessions off with a title, but I brought it one day to Shane McAnally and Luke Laird, and they loved it. It was a really fun one to write, because I feel like I can definitely identify with being in a position to say, ‘Look, I still have feelings for you, but I don’t need to hear about yours, because I don’t want to get sucked in again.’”