Top 55 Martie Maguire Quotes

I’m such an introvert.

I was concerned about being 40 and for my 40th birthday my wish was to go see Cher, and I got to meet her.

Sometimes when our manager calls me and says certain things, we go, ‘Oh God, we’ve gotta do that?’

I’m such a worrier.

We were the ones that from the beginning said that ‘Wide Open Spaces’ was a hit. ‘This is a hit, people are going to relate to it.’

We do appreciate that we have a very conservative audience and we do try to walk the fine line of that and not offend anybody.

We didn’t like the idea of Dixie Chick action figures. I mean that’s just the kiss of death for a group. How could a hip teenager enjoy the Dixie Chicks while their little sister is playing with a Martie doll in the other room?

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

Fifteen-year-old LeAnn Rimes singing about commitment? You want to go, ‘Yeah, right.’

We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household – both our parents are from the Northeast.

I think for a while, a lot of artists were doing great things that… were broadening the audience so that country was cool.

Especially after the Chicks’ success, it’s hard to think of starting over.

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.

As an artist, your only way to battle your label if you have a discrepancy is to go to court. I don’t understand why you can’t both agree if you have an accounting problem to have a third party to assess the situation.

I just was raised always to question and be as informed as I can be.

I was just oblivious to the fact that the country scene was socially backward and politically opposite of everything I am.

While we were promoting ‘Wide Open Spaces,’ we set aside time to write. We went on several writing retreats where nobody could get hold of us. It was the only way we could take a step back and reflect and write and be living a semi-normal life for a while.

I think people in the public eye have a problem – they can have security issues.

I didn’t realize how polarized an industry like music can be.

It’s not like we were setting out to make a political statement – we’re just a band with opinions.

My closet CD that I don’t admit that I really listen to is Celine Dion. My husband’s sister passed away in a car accident, and she was a huge Celine Dion fan. ‘It’s All Coming Back to Me Now’ was her favorite song, so that’s kind of my guilty pleasure.

Don’t put celebrities up on this pedestal. We are human beings.

We’re not going to change the world or the music business.

I neglected a lot of loving relationships to pursue this ultimate goal – success.

SXSW is all about the music and the collaboration.

So many young kids are fickle when it comes to music. There comes a time when you’re not cool again.

Songwriting is such a personal thing and it’s hard to be in a room with somebody you don’t know and trust.

The Court Yard Hounds aren’t a threat to the Dixie Chicks.

You’ve got to live your life first and do your job second.

Our true fans won’t go anywhere. Hopefully they will be open-minded towards how we are growing as musicians and as women.

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

Costumes are great. That kind of effort tells the audience that the performer has taken the time to be the total package.

Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.

I’ll be very content if I never play ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia’ again.

I wouldn’t have been in the mind-set to do another ‘Fly.’

At the Grammys, how many performances were with women playing instruments? Is it still surprising that a female can play an instrument proficiently?

I don’t think any of us ever trusted Nashville. When you’re in that town you know everybody is talking about everybody else. Everybody is wishing for the other guy to fail.

I think there’s a lot of things that need to be changed in the business.

What I’ve learned and all of us have learned is: You can’t force art, and there’s no way you could force somebody to do something that they didn’t want to do in this line of work.

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.

So many times I’ve gone to hear bands and thought, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to be on that stage.’

We’re just trying to make good music.

I really have aproblem with the fact that insurance companies don’t see infertility as a medical condition requiring coverage. I do want there to be some pressure on the insurance companies.

We are a little out of the box.

I used to be a big ‘Star Search’ fan. I think it’s great people who have a music dream have a place to showcase their talent.

We want to embrace the younger crowds and get them to embrace instruments.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

It’s such a strong drive for women, knowing you were meant to be a mom. We would have gone into debt, done whatever, exhausted all the options, to get there. But a lot of women have to give up on that dream because they can’t afford it.

When I look back at some of the Chicks stuff, it’s the early stuff we did where we kind of giggle and go, ‘You know what? Those were the good old days.’

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.

Even though we were selling more records than a lot of pop acts, we were being treated like the redheaded stepchildren.

If you’re making $10 an hour and you’re doing your job and you’re doing it well and your check is consistently $8.75 an hour, who wouldn’t stand up for themselves?

Everyone has their own opinion about what should be on the radio and I think there’s room for all different people.

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.

I would never go on ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ because I’m not the greatest dancer in the world. But when I watch ‘The Apprentice’ sometimes I’m like, ‘I could do that task.’ The only reason I would not do that is that I could never call people for money and on that show you have to be willing to call people for money.