Miranda Lambert Quotes

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

My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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 thought if I could touch this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its like I'm someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself
if I could just come in I swear I'll leave.
Won't take nothing but a memory
from the house that built me.

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

I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.

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.

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 feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.

I don't want to get pigeonholed.

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

Crunches only go so deep.

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

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

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

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.

My family is awesome.

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

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 just am who I am.

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.

I'm a lifetime member of the NRA.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Junk food drags you down.

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

Is it guilty in here or is it just me?

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

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

I really love jeans.

Onstage, I don't want to be thinking about my outfit, I want to think about what I'm doing, so I'll try to dress as comfortably as possible.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm country through and through.

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

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

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.

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

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

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 had to work at everything.

I have a pretty good ear.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

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

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

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'm wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd.

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

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.

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

I think I don't have as much to prove now.

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

In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.

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.

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.