Quotes By Miranda Lambert

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!

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 didn't do that many crazy things.

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

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 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.'

I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.

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

Junk food drags you down.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

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

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

My parents are private investigators for God's sake.

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

In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.

I've been on big tours ever since I started, but you can't just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.

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

When I'm touring, I have to think of workouts that don't require a gym.

I had to work at everything.