I think for a while, a lot of artists were doing great things that... were broadening the audience so that country was cool.
Don't put celebrities up on this pedestal. We are human beings.
We are bound to make mistakes.
I don't really enjoy singing lead.
I was concerned about being 40 and for my 40th birthday my wish was to go see Cher, and I got to meet her.
I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.
Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge part of me; aside from what my grades were in school. It was something that was truly mine.
Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.
I think you first have to feel 100% comfortable with the person that you are with. I have written in sessions where I am just meeting the person for the first time and it is extremely difficult.
We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal.
We don't feel part of the country scene any longer, it can't be our home any more... So we now consider ourselves part of the big Rock 'n' Roll family.
Lilith Fair was a great experience for us the first time we played it. We were... not a new band, but a new band as far as mainstream kind of airplay or success.
I'd love my kids to get into music, but I want them to understand the commitment involved. I don't want them to look on 'American Idol' as the way to become famous.
We write constantly. It's nice to have more to pick from and we pitch songs to other artists, so it's not always songs for us.
When, no matter what you do, everybody's going to punch holes in it, then you just go and you do what you want. And that's the most freeing place to be.
I neglected a lot of loving relationships to pursue this ultimate goal - success.
Family comes first.
I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith.
We started to overthink things in the Dixie Chicks and do things we thought people wanted us to do.
We want to make music, and we won't become jaded by the business aspect of what we do.
