Miranda Lambert is speaking out about a massive honor she is receiving in 2026. Lambert is an upcoming inductee into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with George Strait, Don Cook, and the late Keith Gattis.
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Lambert pays tribute to her father, Rick Lambert, when sharing her thoughts about her latest career accolade.
"It is a huge honor to learn that I will be inducted into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame next year," Lambert writes. "Especially alongside my hero George Strait and legends Don Cook and Keith Gattis.
"My dad was my first co-writer," she continues. "He taught me how to play guitar and is a huge part of the reason for my love of country music. I'm grateful for what music and songwriting has done in my life."
Miranda Lambert Finds Success As A Songwriter
Lambert has penned many of her own hits. Among Lambert's many self-penned hits are "Automatic," "Famous in a Small Town," her latest "Run" single and more. Although she is now considered one of the more talented songwriters of this era in country music, she admits she had a lot to learn, at least in the beginning.
"The first song I ever wrote was really bad," Lambert admits to American Songwriter. "I think it was called 'Big Dreams.' It was about some girl going to Nashville to be a country singer. Very cliché. It was the first time I was like, 'Maybe I can do this.'"
It wasn't until her father taught her three chords that she began writing in earnest. Lambert was still a teenager when her now-legendary songwriting began.
"The first song I felt like, 'This is a real song, it means something to me,' was 'Love Is Looking for You,'" Lambert shares. "It's on my first record, Kerosene. I think I was 17 when I wrote it. I was getting mature enough to understand emotion in every line and how to draw that out and that everything doesn't have to make sense, but the overall feeling does."
Even then, Lambert knew that she was going to be different in country music, not that she cared.
"What I wanted to do in country music was more aggressive and rawer than what was already happening," she writes. "I wanted something that was still girlie and smart and fun, but I also wanted it to kick ass."
