Sugarland Quotes
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Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.
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I love to sing 'Stay' every night... because people sing along. And they do sing along - loudly!
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The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.
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Billy Pilgrim music is very emotional. It's one part the craft we learned from people like the Indigo Girls and R.E.M., and one part the Tom Waits craft, where you're trying to create a moment.
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The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.
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When we were at the CMT Awards this year, Robert Plant was there. What an icon, I love him... But I can't go up and speak to him, because I don't want to seem like a goob.
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There's an identity thing that goes on where you spend so much time caring for your child that, after a year or so, you have to shake it off and go, 'Who am I?'
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Music is so much more than what you wear and your hair.
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I believe that melody is such a lost part of music and country music. People are either scared of it or not using all the colors that are available.
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You will do things in private and sing in private and make choices in private that you wouldn't make if you were observed.
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If you don't like me, don't turn your television on at the holidays, because you won't be able to escape.
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I have a sweet tooth the size of Connecticut. It's a problem.
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Less is more! I don't wear makeup if I don't have to.
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My outfits also need to be low-key. I'm a huge fan of boots, sandals, jeans and tank tops! Anything I can move in easily.
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I always tell people that it's so much harder to make a happy song than a sad one.
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My kids don't listen to me when I preach at them. But if I tell them a story they can pull something from, that matters.
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There is a misconception that I've experienced in my life about people that live in the South. I got sent away to school in Connecticut in the late Eighties, and kids were honestly asking me, 'Do people there wear shoes?'
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I believe the biggest challenge is just getting the courage to try something different or new. Try to forget the stereotype in your mind. Yoga is for everyone - children, athletes, moms, dads, accountants, truck drivers, even country stars.
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I'm not necessarily in a vocation where I'm at risk; it's not like I'm a police officer. I'm a musician, so when I leave home, my family expects me to come back.
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'Wicked' has such a wild fan base - like, a voracious fan base.
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Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.
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I come from a food family, so you would think that I would be great at making baked beans or something, but I'm not.
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I have musical ADD or something, and I get bored doing the same thing over and over. I love different sounds, different influences.
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As soon as I saw tattoos as a way to tell your story, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I totally get it.' So I got my first tattoo a couple of years ago, and it's the word 'hope' on my left arm. It has a couple of dots at the end for each of my kids.