Quotes from Martie Maguire

When, no matter what you do, everybody's going to punch holes in it, then you just go and you do what you want. And that's the most freeing place to be.

I wouldn't have been in the mind-set to do another 'Fly.'

I love watching live music. It's one of the reasons I love living in Austin, Texas, because there is so much live music.

I'll be very content if I never play 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' again.

We're just trying to make good music.

I don't think any of us ever trusted Nashville. When you're in that town you know everybody is talking about everybody else. Everybody is wishing for the other guy to fail.

Lilith Fair was a great experience for us the first time we played it. We were... not a new band, but a new band as far as mainstream kind of airplay or success.

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 think for a while, a lot of artists were doing great things that... were broadening the audience so that country was cool.

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 didn't realize how polarized an industry like music can be.

I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative.

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

We were playing shows still when we wrote 'Phoebe' and 'Rock All Night.' We got to test those songs in a live setting, so it was nice recording them and knowing which ones really resonated with the crowd.

We've never minded working hard.

I couldn't imagine that my career could have contributed to the demise of my marriage, but I do think neither of us realized that when you spend 60 to 70 days a year face-to-face, no marriage is going to survive. No relationship is going to survive.

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.

I'd love my kids to get into music, but I want them to understand the commitment involved. I don't want them to look on 'American Idol' as the way to become famous.

We love performing, we love touring.

We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal.

I just was raised always to question and be as informed as I can be.

We want to embrace the younger crowds and get them to embrace instruments.

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.

We've had a lot of controversy in our career, and it's never been intentional.