It’s very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can’t learn from our history, we’re nowhere. Natalie Maines Read Quote
People do look at it as an insult that I say I don’t listen to country music, which cracks me up. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I’m still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I didn’t grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music. Natalie Maines Read Quote
Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don’t think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I’m a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that. Natalie Maines Read Quote
My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, ‘Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,’ with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing. Natalie Maines Read Quote
I knew I didn’t want to make a country record just because that’s not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist. Natalie Maines Read Quote
