Martie Maguire

“I don't think any of us ever trusted Nashville. When you're in that town you know everybody is talking about everybody else. Everybody is wishing for the other guy to fail.”

“I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.”

“We're not going to change the world or the music business.”

“I really have aproblem with the fact that insurance companies don't see infertility as a medical condition requiring coverage. I do want there to be some pressure on the insurance companies.”

“I used to be a big 'Star Search' fan. I think it's great people who have a music dream have a place to showcase their talent.”

“We were playing shows still when we wrote 'Phoebe' and 'Rock All Night.' We got to test those songs in a live setting, so it was nice recording them and knowing which ones really resonated with the crowd.”

“I was born with great eyelashes. They just do what I want them to do.”

“Fifteen-year-old LeAnn Rimes singing about commitment? You want to go, 'Yeah, right.'”

“We don't feel part of the country scene any longer, it can't be our home any more... So we now consider ourselves part of the big Rock 'n' Roll family.”

“In the beginning, if you look at those early label albums of the Chicks, we didn't write all that much. We had an A&R person and they were getting songs from publishers, listening to hours and hours of cassette tapes.”

“It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.”

“We want to embrace the younger crowds and get them to embrace instruments.”

“We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household - both our parents are from the Northeast.”

“We're just trying to make good music.”

“We started to overthink things in the Dixie Chicks and do things we thought people wanted us to do.”