Deana Quotes & Sayings

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. — Deana Carter

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A. — Deana Carter

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first. — Deana Carter

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively. — Deana Carter

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. — Deana Carter

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations. — Deana Carter

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do. — Deana Carter

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 — Deana Carter

Dad's final will was written and signed eleven days before he died. The original will it replaced disappeared and has never been found....I can't imagine him wanting to make such radical changes a few days before he died. I don't believe for one minute that he truly understood what was going on. — Deana Martin

I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space. — Deana Carter

Heaven is freakin' not ready for me! - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman — Deana J. Driver

The point is, Dean was not and is not nor will he ever be the ideal husband... he gives the minimum amount. — Deana Martin

I never listened to country music growing up. — Deana Carter

Fact is much more fascinating than fiction. — Deana J. Driver

There's a country song about this. Deana Carter sings about it. Lady Antebellum sings about it. Gosh, not just country artists. Katy Perry. Everybody has a song about it because everybody's been through it. You find that person at eighteen and you lose yourself. And the tragedy is, it's the person who's completely opposed to everything you've ever wanted. You bond with that person, and that person breaks your heart. I'm that tragedy, and you're mine. — Jennifer Echols

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life. — Deana Carter

I also love real estate and decorating. — Deana Carter

To know Dad was to love him... He was the sun and the moon to those fortunate enough to have been in his orbit. Underneath that polished Hollywood veneer beat the heart of a man who came from an industrial engine of steel mills and sweat - from hard-working, wholesome people... Dad adored his wives and doted on his many children, who gladly reciprocated that affection. — Deana Martin

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. — Deana Carter

I never excluded any genre on my first record. — Deana Carter

I wasn't the only one who wished he was around more.... The trade-off we had to be content with was that our dad was Dean Martin. — Deana Martin

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. — Deana Carter

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. — Deana Carter

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums. — Deana Carter

When asked if she would accept his affairs to try to keep her marriage, she commented, "I do. I think that speaks for itself. — Deana Martin

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless. — Deana Carter

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire. — Deana Carter

I defy anyone to think of the name Dean Martin and not smile.
Now, that's amore. — Deana Martin

Dad once asked me, "Oh Deana, baby, who'd want to steal from me?"
Well, Dad, the answer is everyone. — Deana Martin

It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover. — Deana Carter

I'm never going to give in. I'm never going to give up, and I will fight back with every breath I have.
- Dionne Warner, seven-time cancer survivor and subject of Never Leave Your Wingman — Deana J. Driver

The desire for her was a taste he had acquired with the first sip. What would become of him when he could no longer drink from her sweet well? — Deana James

He's a man's man and I like that about him. — Deana Martin

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. — Deana Carter

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways. — Deana Carter

His plaque reads, DEAN MARTIN, JUNE 7, 1917-DECEMBER 25, 1995, EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME. — Deana Martin

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. — Deana Carter

Deana Carter sings about it. Lady Antebellum sings about it. Eric Church. Gosh, not just country artists. Katy Perry. Everybody has a song about it because everybody's been through it. You find that person at eighteen and you lose yourself. And the tragedy is, it's the person who's completely opposed to everything you've ever wanted. You bond with that person, and that person breaks your heart. I'm that tragedy for you, and you're mine. — Jennifer Echols

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way. — Deana Carter

You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable. - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner — Deana J. Driver

As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship. - John Hanlon, the sailor — Deana J. Driver

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. — Deana J. Driver

I missed the country sounds on the radio. I missed the Deana Carters and the old Faith Hill songs that are more richly country and not so highly pop. So I really wanted that to be on my first album. — Jana Kramer

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted. — Deana Carter

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others. — Deana Carter

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me? — Deana Carter

Was he a good father?"
To their surprise, I shake my head and smile. "No," I reply candidly. "He wasn't a good father, but he was a good man."
Where Dad came from, that meant a great deal more. — Deana Martin