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"You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one."
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"Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told."

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up."

"First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos."

"It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be encased in dough, so that first you have to break through the normal routine, and clear out the openings."

"Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period."

"The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form."

"I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie."
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"I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does."

"It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation."

"They're mostly done before we went into the studio, although I do like writing in the studio."

"I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music."

"It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record."

"Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!"

"I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think."

"It's not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you're looking for songs all year long and you're writing all year long."
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