Dixie Chicks Quotes

Natalie Maines

• "Thanks to hair and make-up, we can all be beautiful butterflies."
• "You deserve nothing less than a fairy tale."
• "Why does everybody have to be like the Backstreet Boys?"
• "I don't think a guy can go, 'I'm gonna kill you. Hee-hee-hee-hee.' You know?"
• "We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves."
• "We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to."
• "There is no dog in the world as great as a bulldog."
• "Hey, we can be country and still look how we want to look."
• "We've all matured emotionally and in years as well, and I think the music just reflects that this time."
• "To try to please ourselves, really, is all we're trying to do when we go [into the studio]."
• "We walk around and people say, 'There's the Dixie Girls' and I turn around and say, 'Chicks.' "
• "I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together."
• "I'll never write as well as Sheryl Crow or Patty Griffin; I don't have the turmoil in my life."
• "You know, two of us have been through childbirth; you can't hurt us!"
• "I am proud of my voice but I would never try to play the fiddle."
• "Being on the road is the hardest part, but it is also the most rewarding."
• "Will the real Dixie Chicks please sit down."
• "I think the fans should get to write all the stuff they wanna write and not worry about one of us reading it, that’s what it’s there for."
• "We don't want to be a role model, we'd rather be an inspiration."
• "If someone wants a good reality show, they should follow us on our next tour."
• "All we have to say is we're ready to get back and have everybody hear the new album."
• "Music is what we really love to do. Music is the only thing we can do."
• "We're not mad as hell anymore. Maybe mad as crap. "
• "I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message."

Martie Maguire

• "I don't think it is fair to try and convince your audience that you are bigger than life when you're not."
• "If you don't make fun of yourself, somebody is going to make fun of you for you."
• "Why not just put our best foot forward, which is our live show."
• "I liked a lot of alternative and I like punk stuff."
• "I have a hidden wild side, and the older I get the more it comes out."
• "I have a lot to get out and get down on paper."
• "Our true fans won't go anywhere."
• "In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them up and just noodling around."
• "We do hope that our music can be accepted worldwide."
• "The thing I like about our fans is that they are smart, they are good-looking and we can agree to disagree."
• "I can't imagine a world without music. That's like a world without .. air."
• "I think it really has always been a goal of ours to take our time with the music."
• "It feels good to finally be talking about something that we care about."
• "Freedom of speech is for everybody, not just for people who agree."

Emily Robison

• "We're always trying to grow as musicians and singers."
• "A Dixie Chicks song has to have a spark, something that showcases our individual and collective talents."
• "I tried to get my sparkled kneepads so I can like run and slide with my banjo but they're not coming along very well."
• "Our music always reflects where we are in our lives."
• "The real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people."
• When your individual work is more represented, it makes you more proud and makes you want to work harder.
• "It's almost like a drum solo in a rock concert. You always have to have an instrumental in the set or on an album."
• "I don't have chickens!"
• "We go through the good, the bad and the ugly all together."
• "Our fans are here, and they're cheering us louder than ever, they're saying "We're still with you."
• "Thank God it's not triplets!"
• People don't like mouthy women in country music."

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