I first read ‘Tom Sawyer’ when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child.
Shania Twain and Martina McBride and all these wonderful women were saying that it’s awesome to be a woman, and it’s awesome to be a confident woman. Obviously, I could never compare myself to them, and I want to be my own thing, but I think that message is what I want to say as an artist.
Twain is my keystone. He reminds me of my people because that’s the way they told stories.
Hartford had the Mark Twain Masquers, which was fantastic. They had been in business I don’t know how many years. They knew how to build sets and sell tickets and put on a play. My day started at night. When I left the office, that’s when my day began.
Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?
I wouldn’t be an artist if I didn’t have Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift to look up to.
Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.
I’d love for us to be on our way to having a career like Reba McEntire or Shania Twain; to be Entertainer of the Year, to have headlined big tours, and really be women when we’re doing it.
We all like all kinds of music. Like, I love Shania Twain.
I grew up with Mark Twain, and we had the complete Hemingway at home, of course in German translation.
Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I’d go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.
Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.
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