Kacey Musgraves is going into this month’s ACM Awards with a truckload of nominations, including Female Vocalist, Album of the Year (Same Trailer Different Park), Video of the Year (”Blowin’ Smoke”) and Song of the Year (co-writing “Mama’s Broken Heart”). She’s already picked up the CMA New Artist of the Year award, as well as a pair of Grammys.

Kacey has been at the forefront of the handful of country female artists, with her forthright lyrics and traditional/neo-traditional songs and melodies. She’s definitely a quadruple threat – smart, sassy, beautiful and very talented — which finds her following in the footsteps of her music idols.

“I’m so excited to be part of the women in country music movement. I mean, I look at people like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton – songwriters who were sassy and beautiful and also intelligent and humorous. They inspired me,” says Kacey.  “I just think it’s a great time for women in country music, but it’s also a good time for music in general. And I’m just really proud to be existing in this time period and being a part of it all.”

Kacey, who is currently on tour with Lady Antebellum, is making her way up the country charts with her latest single “Keep It To Yourself.”

AUDIO: Kacey Musgraves talks about being a woman in Country Music.

Kacey Musgraves (women in Country) OC: …of it all. :37
“I’m so excited to be part of the women in country music movement. I mean, I look at people like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton – songwriters who were sassy and beautiful and also intelligent and humorous. They inspired me, and if I can be at all any part of that in carrying that on, that is just icing on the cake for me and I feel like I’ve done my job. You know, I just think it’s a great time for women in country music, but it’s also a good time for music in general. And I’m just really proud to be existing in this time period and being a part of it all.”