Martie Maguire
I was concerned about being 40 and for my 40th birthday my wish was to go see Cher, and I got to meet her.Collection: Birthday
My closet CD that I don't admit that I really listen to is Celine Dion. My husband's sister passed away in a car accident, and she was a huge Celine Dion fan. 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now' was her favorite song, so that's kind of my guilty pleasure.Collection: Car
We have an older sister who gets pregnant easily. So Emily and I think there may be an environmental cause for our problems. Neither of us were very old when we started trying. But we've lived very parallel lives. We've been in a band together since I was 12 and she was 10. We can't help but wonder, did we stay in a hotel near a power plant?Collection: Environmental
I really have aproblem with the fact that insurance companies don't see infertility as a medical condition requiring coverage. I do want there to be some pressure on the insurance companies.Collection: Medical
When I look back at some of the Chicks stuff, it's the early stuff we did where we kind of giggle and go, 'You know what? Those were the good old days.'
I'll be very content if I never play 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' again.
I play a little acoustic bass and a little guitar. In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them up and just noodling around. I pick up my husband's tin whistle sometimes. He's really proficient, but it's about the second most annoying instrument - after the banjo - if you don't know how to play it.
I'm such a worrier.
The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.
You've got to live your life first and do your job second.
At the Grammys, how many performances were with women playing instruments? Is it still surprising that a female can play an instrument proficiently?
I'm such an introvert.
I'm amazed when I hear my daughters with their friends. They'll just talk openly about, 'Yeah, he used to be a girl and now he's a boy.' It gives me a lot of hope... It's so matters of fact. It's like they're saying blue and yellow make green. I love that.
We spent three years of active trying before we went to IVF. First I went on Clomid. Then I had some dye tests and found I had a collapsed tube, so I had laparoscopic surgery; the tube wasn't blocked, just spasming.
It's such a strong drive for women, knowing you were meant to be a mom. We would have gone into debt, done whatever, exhausted all the options, to get there. But a lot of women have to give up on that dream because they can't afford it.
I love the tone of old, non-amplified, real acoustic fiddles, and Wood Violins are the closest thing I have found to that sound. They play beautifully!
I think people in the public eye have a problem - they can have security issues.
You know, I think it's something I want to teach my children, to ask questions and not be afraid to disagree with people in power. Always question, scrutinize everything they do, because they are leading the country, and it's important to me. That is patriotic.
I just was raised always to question and be as informed as I can be.
I used to be a big 'Star Search' fan. I think it's great people who have a music dream have a place to showcase their talent.
I was born with great eyelashes. They just do what I want them to do.
Any time the Chicks want to play, that takes precedence, because we can make a lot of money.
Nobody has one band anymore. They've got two and three and four!
In the beginning, if you look at those early label albums of the Chicks, we didn't write all that much. We had an A&R person and they were getting songs from publishers, listening to hours and hours of cassette tapes.
It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.
We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.
SXSW is all about the music and the collaboration.
Especially after the Chicks' success, it's hard to think of starting over.
We've played music all our lives.
The Court Yard Hounds aren't a threat to the Dixie Chicks.
We love performing, we love touring.
I would never go on 'Dancing With the Stars,' because I'm not the greatest dancer in the world. But when I watch 'The Apprentice' sometimes I'm like, 'I could do that task.' The only reason I would not do that is that I could never call people for money and on that show you have to be willing to call people for money.
I didn't realize how polarized an industry like music can be.
We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household - both our parents are from the Northeast.
I was just oblivious to the fact that the country scene was socially backward and politically opposite of everything I am.
So many young kids are fickle when it comes to music. There comes a time when you're not cool again.
We're just trying to make good music.
You get your time in the limelight but you don't know how long it's going to last. It's great, but you have to put up with a lot.
When we were unknown, you don't get a lot of bad feedback. Now, we get people bad-mouthing us all the time, but it's all part of the game.
We do appreciate that we have a very conservative audience and we do try to walk the fine line of that and not offend anybody.
Fifteen-year-old LeAnn Rimes singing about commitment? You want to go, 'Yeah, right.'
You can't just keep bottling the same thing over and over again and think the audience isn't going to catch on.
While we were promoting 'Wide Open Spaces,' we set aside time to write. We went on several writing retreats where nobody could get hold of us. It was the only way we could take a step back and reflect and write and be living a semi-normal life for a while.
We were the ones that from the beginning said that 'Wide Open Spaces' was a hit. 'This is a hit, people are going to relate to it.'
We used to be called the Dixie Chickens. Then we played at a barbecue place, and they had a sign saying, 'Featured Tonight: The Dixie Chickens,' and everybody started ordering it for dinner! So we shortened it.
We want to embrace the younger crowds and get them to embrace instruments.
We are a little out of the box.
We don't mind if people think we've come from nowhere. Because once they've become fans, they'll delve deeper in and will be surprised to find we've been around awhile and that we've had a lot of experience doing this.
We came out of bluegrass, so we could play.
We've never minded working hard.