Deana Carter Quotes

How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?

I never listened to country music growing up.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I think the themes in my songs are very similar from the first album to the newest one. It's all about the human condition and how we are all trying to learn to live with each other and survive love and life.

I love Nashville, and I love the South, but on a professional level, I had started feeling smothered by the Nashville way of doing things.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

I also love real estate and decorating.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

I'm so honored to be on this recording with Ann & Nancy Wilson. They are iconic and I've truly been one of their biggest fans since I was a kid. And what a perfect song to sing with them, since I adore Vince Gill and have been very proud for his commitment to his own musical vision. When we were recording at Nancy's house, and even though I'm friends with those girls now, I had to keep 'pinching' myself and marvel at how blessed my life is! It was a very PROUD moment for me.