Miranda Lambert Quotes & Sayings

I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

In my everyday life, I'm pretty normal. — Miranda Lambert

I'm country through and through. — Miranda Lambert

I didn't go to parties or anything like that. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

My shows are always a mix of songs from all my albums with some rocking covers thrown in for fun. — Miranda Lambert

I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that's how I was raised. — Miranda Lambert

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy. — Miranda Lambert

My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen. — Miranda Lambert

Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

I just am who I am. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

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

I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job. — Miranda Lambert

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

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well. — Miranda Lambert

Crunches only go so deep. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

I don't really like vegetables. But I'll eat them. — Miranda Lambert

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

I think ["Shake It Off"] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers. — Miranda Lambert

I had to work at everything. — Miranda Lambert

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

I'm wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd. — Miranda Lambert

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

My parents are private investigators for God's sake. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song. — Miranda Lambert

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl. — Miranda Lambert

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. — Miranda Lambert

So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off. — Miranda Lambert

I have seven rescue dogs. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

Is it guilty in here or is it just me? — Miranda Lambert

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

My family is awesome. — Miranda Lambert

I don't want to get pigeonholed. — Miranda Lambert

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

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

We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we're just kind of there now. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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

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

Junk food drags you down. — Miranda Lambert

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon — Miranda Lambert

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

I have a pretty good ear. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it. — Miranda Lambert

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie. — Miranda Lambert

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

Country music has always sort of been country music. — Miranda Lambert

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

I'm not a girl anymore. — Miranda Lambert

Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating. — Miranda Lambert

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

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

I'd love to write for other people. — Miranda Lambert

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.' — Miranda Lambert

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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. — Miranda Lambert

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

When you live with someone on the bus, for four days a week, you really have to get along. — Miranda Lambert

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. — Miranda Lambert

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

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

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

Let's shake hands & reach across those party lines, you got ur friends just like I got mine, we might think a little differently but we got a lot n common u will see, we're just like you....ONLY PRETTIER!! — Miranda Lambert