Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Miranda Lambert.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Miranda Leigh Lambert is an American country music singer and songwriter. She started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history.
I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen.
Really skinny actresses make me hungry - I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!
I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.
Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.
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.'
In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal.
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'm not a girl anymore.
Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.
I started writing songs at 17.
Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?
I don't want to get pigeonholed.
I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.
I have seven rescue dogs.
After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.
I've been on big tours ever since I started, but you can't just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.
The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.
Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image.
I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.
I just am who I am.
At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.
Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.
I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.
I sucked in school.
If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?
Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.
I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.
It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.
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.
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 also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.
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.
I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that's how I was raised.
I had to work at everything.
I really love jeans.
My family is awesome.
I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.
I didn't do that many crazy things.
I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.
People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.
Currently I'm not a crazy ex-girlfriend, but I can't promise I won't be one again.
My shows are always a mix of songs from all my albums with some rocking covers thrown in for fun.
My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.
Country music has always sort of been country music.
I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.
I was a big shiny, glittery-type person. Now I'm a jeans and T-shirt girl, or I'll wear sun dresses and cowboy boots in the summer. But at first I had to have stylists tell me, 'That's ugly.'
I think I don't have as much to prove now.
I didn't go to parties or anything like that.
My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.
I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.
I have a pretty good ear.
I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry.
I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.
I'm wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd.
I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.
Junk food drags you down.
I love cover songs, but I always mess up the words!
People see me as someone who doesn't take any crap from anyone - which I don't - but it's my shtick, and I obviously don't act like that all the time.
I don't really like vegetables. But I'll eat them.