Deana Carter Quotes

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

I also love real estate and decorating.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space.

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

I'm so honored to be on this recording with Ann & Nancy Wilson. They are iconic and I've truly been one of their biggest fans since I was a kid. And what a perfect song to sing with them, since I adore Vince Gill and have been very proud for his commitment to his own musical vision. When we were recording at Nancy's house, and even though I'm friends with those girls now, I had to keep 'pinching' myself and marvel at how blessed my life is! It was a very PROUD moment for me.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal
you can count me out
but if your talking about a game I can win
You can count me in

I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing things.