Natalie Maines Quotes
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I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
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Even though it's still the United States, I think on many levels they feel separate, especially the true Hawaiians - who are not necessarily thrilled to be a part of the United States. But I just love the whole spirit.
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We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.
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The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country? I don't see why people care about patriotism.
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Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.
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Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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This is our first time back in Europe since the 'incident.
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I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
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I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
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I'm not out looking for a cause. They sort of find me or find my heart. But sure, there's always time for that. My big mouth can talk all the time.
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Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.
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I see life everywhere I look. I get the energy off the water. Hawaii really, when I am there, it feels like how we are supposed to live and how it's supposed to be: slower, just appreciating our surroundings. I love the people there and the aloha, the history. They're really rooted in something.
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If I did that, Bush would call me a flip-flopper, ... So I'm sticking to it!
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It's a funny song and a funny video about a very serious topic. A lot of women die at the hands of their husbands.
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This sounds cheesy but when I would get in discussions with people about religion or spirituality, a lot of people would say, "I believe God is nature, there's God in that tree" - and I would think, What the hell are they on about? But it was about four or five years ago in Hawaii where that all made sense to me and I got it all, and I felt God was in the trees and in the grass and the flowers, and I completely understood.
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If something or someone's really bugging you, just sit on it. Just sit on it.
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Usually right when I'm feeling it, right when it's happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown.
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I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.
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I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view.
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I really kind of set the bar really low, so I don't get disappointed.
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It almost takes people by surprise when I'm not a big talker. Because I'm known as being sort of a loud mouth. I have a lot to say. But I try to be more thoughtful with my comments or reactions, unless it's something witty or hysterical that I just can't keep myself from blurting or tweeting!
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They told me that you may not come, but I knew you'd come.
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We finally got on the front row of an awards show
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We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.