Quotes from Martie Maguire

I feel like Court Yard Hounds keeps us idling. I think Emily and I function better when we're continually making music and playing, and this is a way to keep doing that.

The Court Yard Hounds aren't a threat to the Dixie Chicks.

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.

We want to make music, and we won't become jaded by the business aspect of what we do.

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.

So many young kids are fickle when it comes to music. There comes a time when you're not cool again.

I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith.

I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.

We didn't like the idea of Dixie Chick action figures. I mean that's just the kiss of death for a group. How could a hip teenager enjoy the Dixie Chicks while their little sister is playing with a Martie doll in the other room?

As an artist, your only way to battle your label if you have a discrepancy is to go to court. I don't understand why you can't both agree if you have an accounting problem to have a third party to assess the situation.

Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge part of me; aside from what my grades were in school. It was something that was truly mine.

I was just oblivious to the fact that the country scene was socially backward and politically opposite of everything I am.

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.

Songwriting is such a personal thing and it's hard to be in a room with somebody you don't know and trust.

I neglected a lot of loving relationships to pursue this ultimate goal - success.

We're not going to change the world or the music business.

Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.

If you're making $10 an hour and you're doing your job and you're doing it well and your check is consistently $8.75 an hour, who wouldn't stand up for themselves?

Nothing is as important as standing up for what you believe in.

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.

Especially after the Chicks' success, it's hard to think of starting over.

It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.

I think our core fans have stayed true to us, and I want to thank them for staying with us.

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.