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" I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music. "
Natalie Maines
Grow
Music
Listening
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" I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn. "
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Country
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" Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing. "
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Dance
Up
Thought
" I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say. "
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Ego
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" Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want. "
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Everyone
" 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. "
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Battle
Anxiety
Stress
" I'm not out looking for a cause. They sort of find me or find my heart. But sure, there's always time for that. My big mouth can talk all the time. "
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Mouth
Find
Heart
" The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit. "
Natalie Maines
Long
Personality
Think
" I'm not good at multi-tasking. "
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Good
" People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up. "
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Me
" 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. "
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Country
Artist
" I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was like winning the lottery. "
Natalie Maines
Life
Winning
Love
" 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
Finding
Ahead
Legs
" 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
Children
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You
" 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
Therapy
Normal
Myself
" Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it. "
Natalie Maines
Writing
Doing
Me
" I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated. "
Natalie Maines
Feel
Time
Singing
" To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government. "
Natalie Maines
Beginning
Me
American
" I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping. "
Natalie Maines
Hate
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