Sugarland Quotes

United States,
2002

Sugarland is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). Sugarland was founded in 2002 by Kristen Hall (vocals, guitar) with Bush and became a trio after hiring Jennifer Nettles. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2004, Sugarland broke through that year with the release of their debut single "Baby Girl", the first single from their multi-platinum debut album Twice the Speed of Life.

There's a social piece to what's going on in the Sugarland world, but we've never been a band that's political, and I maintain that.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- World
- Political
- Band
Sugarland was a band we started to try to make things better. It was in the aftermath of 9-11; it was in the aftermath of my mother dying... there was a lot of weird stuff that had gone on that made you want to start something good.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- Good
- Mother
- Band

You can't un-have an experience. You can deny the experience; you can process it and try to get through it, but you can't change the fact that it happened to you.

Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
- Experience
I get intimidated by famous people. When I'm around them and they look at me like I belong, I'm like, 'Are you nuts? You're freakin' famous!' Whether it's Elmo or a Beatle or Vince Gill, it's humbling to be in a room with these folks.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- People
- Famous
The most inspiring thing as an artist is when someone says, 'I believe in you'; sometimes that works even better than Grammys.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- Believe
I try to spend a lot of time thinking of what it is I want to say, and how I want to say it. Mainly because I know what it's like as a fan to hear music that is just exactly what I needed.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- Time
- Music
- Thinking
I don't remember consciously not being able to play an instrument. It's been kind of like a language for me.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- Remember
With Sugarland, it never felt like we were finished telling our story.

Kristian Bush Sugarland