Martie Maguire Quotes

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Martie Maguire

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 12, 1969

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

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I was born with great eyelashes. They just do what I want them to do.

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Any time the Chicks want to play, that takes precedence, because we can make a lot of money.

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Nobody has one band anymore. They've got two and three and four!

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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.

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

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We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.

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SXSW is all about the music and the collaboration.

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

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We've played music all our lives.

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

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We love performing, we love touring.

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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.

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

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We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household - both our parents are from the Northeast.

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

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

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We're just trying to make good music.

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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.

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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.

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