Quotes from Jamie Lynn Spears

I just want a healthy, happy baby, so the whether it's a boy or a girl really doesn't matter.

It takes bravery to be a young mom, and it does take bravery to let the world watch.

I would like to be like Britney, but maybe better, but I don't wanna outshine her.

The first year of marriage, you definitely get to throw the wife card out whenever you're mad.

I loved the Dixie Chicks. They were always so fun.

Whenever I started writing music, it just naturally led itself there. As I started to tell my story, it's where my home was. It's just a very natural choice.

I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed.

Everybody is dealt a hand of cards. It was my choice to play them the way I played them.

I knew deep down that I was going to have my little girl, even if I had to raise her on my own, which is what I did.

I needed to really grow up myself so I could be the woman that my daughter deserves.

I listen to every type of music there is, and I also have a little girl, so I listen to ultra-fun Disney stars' music as well.

I'm not just a child star. And I'm not just someone's sister. And I'm not just a teen mom.

I would be lying if I said if I didn't miss out on what normal teenagers do, of course. But I don't need pity for that.

I really like Holly Williams. I've said that a bunch, but her song 'Drinkin',' I just love it.

Me and my dad, we'd go to the dirt bike races every year. I mean we'd go probably too much every year. And he would make me listen to all country music.

I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

I would say the only thing I may change is that my whole family could live in Louisiana. That would be nice if all our houses were a block away from each other. That, to me, would be the best thing in the entire world.

That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists.

I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton.

I would love being the soccer mom.

Truthfully, my childhood was so fun. Everything was new, and everything was like Christmas because we were just from this small town, and my sister had amazing success. It was so amazing to see my sister reach such heights.

I lived in Nashville for about five years. It was almost like me going to college for my craft. I immersed myself in the songwriting community there. They embraced me, and I made some real friends but also learned so much.

That's what's amazing about songwriting: you can write a story that everyone connects to.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.