Miranda Lambert

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

“My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.”

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

“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.”

“I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry.”

“Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.”

“Onstage, I don't want to be thinking about my outfit, I want to think about what I'm doing, so I'll try to dress as comfortably as possible.”

“I was a big shiny, glittery-type person. Now I'm a jeans and T-shirt girl, or I'll wear sun dresses and cowboy boots in the summer. But at first I had to have stylists tell me, 'That's ugly....”

“I didn't do that many crazy things.”

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

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

“It's OK to have a little bit of curve.”

“I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.”

“One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.”

“After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.”

“I think it's awesome to see people of all different ages from all kinds of backgrounds come together for the love of music.”

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

“I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty's not dragging on the ground.”

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

“In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.”