Miranda Lambert quotes:

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

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

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

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

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

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

I like to write with people I have a relationship with; otherwise it's kind of scary, and you hold back because you don't want to pour your guts out to someone you never met.

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.

I love country music.

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'd love to write for other people.

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.'

Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.

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

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

My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.

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.

Right now it seems like the girls are drawing more attention to country music.

I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.

I started writing songs at 17.

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there. I'm keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'

I don't really like vegetables. But I'll eat them.

I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.

I just am who I am.

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

At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.

I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen.

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 try not to get too ahead of myself. I try to be happy where I am.

In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don't see.

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

I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that I'm never going to use my career as a platform for politics, especially at shows. People come to hear music. It's my job to entertain them, and it's my escape too.

Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

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

So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off.

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.

I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me.

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

I literally wouldn't have dreamed of it in a million years that I'm going to be standing there with George (Strait) and Garth and Kenny (Chesney) and Reba (McEntire) and Brooks & Dunn. I don't really have any clue what I'm actually doing with those people because I feel like I'm still just getting started and I've seen them all in concert and they're all my heroes.

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

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter.

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

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

I used to play for 200 people and now I'm selling out places that hold 16,000 people. It's a big change, and it's so cool to see people out there screaming the words to songs that I wrote. It just really reassures me that what I'm doing is working, and it really boosts my confidence, as far as on stage as a performer and a writer.

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

Really skinny actresses make me hungry - I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!

I don't know where 'bro-country' came from or what it really means, but a lot of those guys are my buddies and I support their music, within country there are lots of styles: stone-cold country, like Brandy Clark, and there's Florida Georgia Line with what they do, which is completely different and bringing a whole new audience. There's room for everyone.

There's room for everyone. There's room for pop country, for 'rock & roll' country, for stone-cold country, and everything in-between. Great music is great music.

I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.

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

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

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

My parents are private investigators for God's sake.

Junk food drags you down.

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

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

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

I have seven rescue dogs.

We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we're just kind of there now.

Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.

I would love to have a song that I wrote by myself to win a 'Song of the Year' award.

My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds.

In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.

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

Be confident and comfortable with yourself. If you know us, we are definitely not shy, and never try to be anything we are not. No matter what anyone tells you, you are perfect, just the way you are.

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.

Country music has always sort of been country music.

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.

For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide.

I am proud to be a normal size girl and I want to encourage everyone to be confident at any size.

I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.

I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.

I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.

I don't really do acting. I've done a little bit - enough to know I'll stick to what I know. Music is my thing.

I feel like if you turn on country radio, you will find something you'll love because it's so diverse.And that's a great thing.

I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly.

I have my own little sense of style. As far as image goes today for a new artist, you'll find that fashion is really important. I wouldn't want to show up for a performance in something that is absolutely the opposite of who I am as an artist.

I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.

I think ["Shake It Off"] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers.

I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell how it's going to be or how it's going to feel until I get into the studio. But I definitely think it will. I probably can't help but have the emotions in my voice.

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

I want to look my best, but I'm not a model. I'm not an actress. I'm representing normal girls. It's OK to have a little bit of curve. I'm happy with my body. So many girls come up to me and say, "Thank you for being normal," and I'm proud of that.

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

I won't give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.

I'm married to my best friend!

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

Is it guilty in here or is it just me?

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

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

My family is awesome.

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability

My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds. After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

Somehow I always get stronger when I'm on my second drink

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

We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.

When I got a record deal I said, 'I'm only wearing jeans. I'm not wearing frilly dresses.' Dancing around in sequins is just not who I am. I wanted to be heard, not seen.

When you live with someone on the bus, for four days a week, you really have to get along.

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

I learned a lot about my audience and about myself as a performer, what I like to do live.