Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Deana Carter.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Deana Kay Carter is an American country music singer-songwriter who broke through in 1996 with the release of her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over 5 million. It was followed by 1998's Everything's Gonna Be Alright, 2003's I'm Just a Girl, 2005's The Story of My Life, and 2007's The Chain. Overall, Carter's albums have accounted for 14 singles, including three which reached Number One on the Billboard country charts: "Strawberry Wine", "We Danced Anyway", and "How Do I Get There".
No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.
The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.
There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.
I never listened to country music growing up.
Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.
I think the themes in my songs are very similar from the first album to the newest one. It's all about the human condition and how we are all trying to learn to live with each other and survive love and life.
Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.
My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.
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.
Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.
But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.
I never excluded any genre on my first record.
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.
Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.
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.
It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover.
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.
My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.
I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.
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.
How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?
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 also love real estate and decorating.
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.
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.