Quotes By Miranda Lambert

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

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.

It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.

I don't want to get pigeonholed.

I think I don't have as much to prove now.

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

Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image.

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

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.'

I had to work at everything.

If you're not polarizing, you failed, in my opinion.

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 had a great childhood.

I'm wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.

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

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

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

My shows are always a mix of songs from all my albums with some rocking covers thrown in for fun.

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.

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

I love cover songs, but I always mess up the words!

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

I didn't do that many crazy things.

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.'

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

I'm married to my best friend!

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

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