Emmylou Harris

Country star Miranda Lambert views Emmylou Harris as her primary model for what it means to have a long, meaningful career.

And then I looked up who wrote it and it was her, alone, of course. But I don’t know if there’s ever a time when we write a song like that and we don’t bring up Emmy. But then “Two More Bottles of Wine,” I was like, “This girl’s here to party and not take shit.” I like this, too. What I love about Emmylou is when I’ll have no clue which song she wrote and which she didn’t write, because she owns every single thing she does with such grace and heart, and it all kills me. I think the first song was “Two More Bottles of Wine,” which was written by Delbert McClinton. [Icons & Influences](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/icons-and-influences/) feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers.