“We have an older sister who gets pregnant easily. So Emily and I think there may be an environmental cause for our problems. Neither of us were very old when we started trying. But we've lived very parallel lives. We've been in a band together since I was 12 and she was 10. We can't help but wonder, did we stay in a hotel near a power plant?”

American musician and songwriter

Martie Maguire is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Chicks and of the country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She was born Martha Elenor Maguire. As a teenager, she won awards in national fiddle championships. She is also skilled on mandolin, viola, double bass, and guitar, and has contributed songwriting, vocal harmony, backing vocals, and string arrangements to the Chicks, including songs that became chart-topping hits.