LeAnn Rimes Quotes

• "Country music has evolved into this new sound. It's a lot more pop or rock than country-sounding."
• "Everyone gets criticized."
• "Everyone goes through good times and bad times-even people like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and Reba McEntire."
• "Hosting Nashville Star is something I wouldn't have done a few years ago."
• "I didn't want to compromise my music. They said they didn't like the production, but my father has produced all my records, and we'd done so well up to then that I didn't want to change anything."
• "I find that It's harder to put in the energy to hide it than to talk about it. I have my disease under control. I'm telling my story to use my celebrity for good. There is a way to feel more confident in your own skin."
• "I have a great time touring."
• "I have an incredible band, one of the best out there, and all of us are like family."
• "I have changed so much. Being a woman has affected my writing and my abilities in music."
• "I keep certain things private, and other things I talk about. I just try to take control over that balance."
• "I keep reconnecting and changing and developing. I think that says a lot about me and who I am as an artist."
• "I kept waiting for something bad to happen, and now a few things have. But that's okay, because my fans are still there, and that's what matters."
• "I kickbox. It's a lot of fun. It's a great way to take your aggressions out."
• "I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be."
• "I never expected it to always be easy. I'm skeptical by nature, so even when things were going great, I kept telling people that it wouldn't last."
• "I really found my own sound for the first time as an artist, and I'm proud of it."
• "I talk to my family and friends as much as possible on the phone. It takes a certain type of person to understand what I go through and to deal with my kind of lifestyle."
• "I think a lot of people have always said, since How Do I Live crossed over, that I'm really going pop. That's definitely something I want to pursue, but it's not all I'm going to do."
• "I think it is music for everyone."
• "I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids."
• "I think way too often you have a record where one or two of the songs are good and the rest of the album is crap."
• "I wrote a couple of songs with Brian McKnight, and he's producing a couple of things."
• "I'm developing a film right now with Warner Bros. called Emily's Song. I'm kind of trying to keep it quiet, but we will hopefully be filming soon."
• "I'm happily married, I have a wonderful set of friends and family, and artistically It's really coming together for me."
• "I'm not going for anything specific, it's just the clothes that I like."
• "I'm on the Treat Eczema Now campaign, which is the first time I'm talking about something so personal time to me. I feel very strongly about it."
• "I'm producing most of the album and writing most of it myself."
• "I'm really growing. Artistically, I feel I could have only wished and dreamed of how this album turned out."
• "I've grown up so much as a person and an artist. I think this is the most positive time as an artist."
• "I've grown up."
• "I've never known much of a private life, but there's certain things that people will never know about me."
• "It does kind of blow my mind that after a decade I'm still in the forefront of people's minds and in the music industry."
• "It's really the first time as an adult that I'm able to relate to all of my music as a woman."
• "It's tough to break into this business-now more so than ever."
• "Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song."
• "My artistic side is really growing."
• "My happiest movements are away from my business and are with my family. I like to keep my business separate from my friends and family. It's really good for my sanity."
• "My husband travels with me, and I'm really so blessed."
• "Next year, we'll have the whole shebang, the big tour."
• "People have seen me since I was 13, and I've grown up in front of everyone. So I guess my new look is a little more moderate and a little bit more edgy. I've been working out in the gym and coming into my own."
• "Sometimes I'm with friends and family for a couple of months at time, and then I won't see them for months. I fill blocks of time with my friends, family and life."
• "The more successful you get, the more people start saying bad things about you, it seems."
• "There are times that I have to prioritize business over friends."
• "There's tons of room for older artists. George Jones is a great example of someone coming out with some really great stuff recently."
• "This is like a small tour where we get out and get to see the fans."
• "We do a Jefferson Airplane cover. It's a little rock, a little country, the show. We have a lot of fun onstage."
• "When I did Crazy, I listened to Patsy Cline's version, because I wanted to do it justice for her. I was thinking about what she must have been feeling at the time. There is a lot of hurt and a lot of pain in those songs."
• "When I first came out with Blue, everyone compared me to Patsy Cline, which is the biggest honor, 'cause I've always looked up to her."
• "Writing my own music and being so confident in my writing is great. My voice has changed, and I feel like I'm more of an entertainer."
• "You actually get to see me as a true artist now."
• "You'll always hear Blue. I think I'd get stuff thrown at me if I didn't sing it."
• "The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere."