Miranda lambert quotes

Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off.

I have my own little sense of style. As far as image goes today for a new artist, you'll find that fashion is really important. I wouldn't want to show up for a performance in something that is absolutely the opposite of who I am as an artist.

The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.

When you live with someone on the bus, for four days a week, you really have to get along.

Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly.

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that I'm never going to use my career as a platform for politics, especially at shows. People come to hear music. It's my job to entertain them, and it's my escape too.

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that's how I was raised.

Is it guilty in here or is it just me?

I want to look my best, but I'm not a model. I'm not an actress. I'm representing normal girls. It's OK to have a little bit of curve. I'm happy with my body. So many girls come up to me and say, "Thank you for being normal," and I'm proud of that.

I don't really do acting. I've done a little bit - enough to know I'll stick to what I know. Music is my thing.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

Somehow I always get stronger when I'm on my second drink

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.

I'm married to my best friend!

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.

I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.

Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?

I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability

There's just a lot of really, really great male artists right now, and it's good, too. And there's so many different influences in country right now, too, like hip-hop and rock 'n' roll and some blues. So I feel like if you turn on country radio, you will find something you'll love because it's so diverse right now. And that's a great thing.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.

I don't know where "bro country" came from or what it really means, but a lot of those guys are my buddies and I ­support their music. Within ­country there are lots of styles: stone-cold country, like Brandy Clark, and there's Florida Georgia Line with what they do, which is completely different and bringing a whole new audience. There's room for everyone.

Really skinny actresses make me hungry. I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!'

I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.

Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.

For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide.

I literally wouldn't have dreamed of it in a million years that I'm going to be standing there with George (Strait) and Garth and Kenny (Chesney) and Reba (McEntire) and Brooks & Dunn. I don't really have any clue what I'm actually doing with those people because I feel like I'm still just getting started and I've seen them all in concert and they're all my heroes.

Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.

If you are a young girl who wants to be a country singer, just don't try to do it too early. Be a high school kid, be a cheerleader, do your thing. And also, just know who you are; know what you want to say and stick with it throughout.

At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me.

I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.

There's room for everyone. There's room for pop country, for 'rock & roll' country, for stone-cold country, and everything in-between. Great music is great music.

My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds. After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I’m just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

I am proud to be a normal size girl and I want to encourage everyone to be confident at any size.

You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.

I feel like if you turn on country radio, you will find something you'll love because it's so diverse.And that's a great thing.

I learned a lot about my audience and about myself as a performer, what I like to do live.

We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.

When I got a record deal I said, 'I'm only wearing jeans. I'm not wearing frilly dresses.' Dancing around in sequins is just not who I am. I wanted to be heard, not seen.

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

I don’t care about being stick-thin. I don’t want stuff to jiggle. Really skinny actresses make me hungry — I see them and think 'Honey, you need to eat!' I’m lucky I don’t have to live like that. I feel my best when I’m a toned, not flabby, size 8. Women come up to me and say, ‘You’re beautiful and confident, and that makes me feel I can be, too.’

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.

I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter.

I won’t give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

I think [“Shake It Off”] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers.

I used to play for 200 people and now I'm selling out places that hold 16,000 people. It's a big change, and it's so cool to see people out there screaming the words to songs that I wrote. It just really reassures me that what I'm doing is working, and it really boosts my confidence, as far as on stage as a performer and a writer.

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

My family is awesome.

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell how it's going to be or how it's going to feel until I get into the studio. But I definitely think it will. I probably can't help but have the emotions in my voice.

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'

Currently I'm not a crazy ex-girlfriend, but I can't promise I won't be one again.

Be confident and comfortable with yourself. If you know us, we are definitely not shy, and never try to be anything we are not. No matter what anyone tells you, you are perfect, just the way you are.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.

Country music has always sort of been country music.