"And we were wondering if it was going to be something or a musician?"-Nat
"I chuck alot of wood"-Nat
"Babies! That's the meaning of life." ~Natalie
"We're all sisters out here. As with any siblings, sometimes tempers can flare. But if one acts up, we're close enough to go, 'You're being a *****, you need to stop.' Just like sisters would."
Thanks to hair and make-up, we can all be beautiful butterflies."
"But, everyone isn't perfect, and it's good for teens to know that."
"Martie wanted to join the Spice Girls, but when they told her she was too
talented, she joined us."
"We walk around and people say, 'There's the Dixie Girls' and I turn around and say, 'Chicks.'
"I hated country. I wasn't gonna go to any Dixie Chicks show." ~Natalie
"Be White Trash with the rest of us!!!" ~Natalie on Martie getting chick feet tattoos
"We'd rather be the rock stars of country than the lame-asses of rock."-- Natalie
Maines
"You know, its funny...NONE of the songs we write together could EVER be played in church!"
"We want people to like us," says Natalie, "and I feel like they will. Because we put our hearts into the music we make."
"I loved watching them play," Natalie recalls. "Martie and Emily had always been the best part of Dixie Chicks. I had been waiting for my shot. I didn't know what I was going to do -- I was in college, but I'd changed my major four times."
"Idiots, we laugh at them." - Natalie talking about drunk people
"The only thing I knew for sure was that I wasn't going to wear those cowgirl
clothes."
"The other day we were talking about biodegradible diapers, 'cause that's how interesting our conversations get, and Emily gets this old lady lump in her throat and says, 'If they can put a man on the moon...'" "Okay, well that has NOTHING to do with this next song...".
"Cause you know half of the people out there have ugly feet."-Natalie
"Country music was so prevalent in our family that I was fortunate to be exposed to it at a very early age. I always knew this is what I wanted to do," says Natalie. "In grade school I remember thinking, 'I don't have to learn this because I'm going to be a singer!'"
"We got most in trouble when we're with the Kinleys--all that peroxide!"-Natalie
"Country music was so prevalent in our family that I was fortunate to be exposed
to it at a very early age."-Natalie"
"Looking back I see how brave Martie and Emily were to do this."-Natalie
"It's so hard to look at yourself as this hot babe. And I'm going 'I am such a dork.
I am so not sexy.' So, it's very strange to me."-Natalie
"Alot of people think Emily is the nice, shy one...She's stranger than any of
us!"-Natalie
"And when you think about it, it's the people who do something new that have all
the longevity. Shania Twain was the first Shania Twain and anybody who's tried to
follow isn't quite Shania Twain...So we definatly want to be the leader in this trio
thing."-Natalie
"We joke about the past and the clothes, but I really feel...it was very important
for the band to go through all of that stuff. It was a lot of growth."-Natalie
"We're doing what we want to do, we're playing what we want to play...In rock
that's done a lot, but in country it's not."-Natalie
"Everyone can enjoy their celebrity for a little while."
"We're confident in our music and sound, but not in a cocky way. But if you're not
confident in your music, then who else will be?"- Natalie
"Someone said that with every video a little bit more of our personalities are
coming out. Like a lot of times people think Emily is the nice shy one, and in this
video you see that she's stranger than any of us!"- Natalie
"I was the loudest cheerleader. Unfortunately, I had the smallest pom-poms. Girls, I'm
living proof you don't need boobs to get ahead in life." - Natalie Maines
"Well, before we get too serious about this, I just want to let Kenny Chesney know that Martie wants her jeans back after the show. Those were little. ... There's lots of people to thank."
- Natalie Maines~CMT's Flameworthy Music Video Awards
"How are yall up there?!?! Is it scary up there? It looks scary!"~Natalie talking to the balcony people at a concert
'None of us think we'd be where we are today without the others.'Natalie talkin in COuntry Music Mag.April Issue
'Our goal is to eliminate that typical audience performer barrier and to be able to practically reach out and touch our fans" Natlaie talkin in the Country Weekly Music Mag
I think it is really great for Slade to get to travel around the world " Natalie also said this in the Counrty Music Mag
Was I the loudest cheerleader? Yes I was."
About four months ago, we thought would have to change [this] to our farewell tour," Maines told the audience, per Country Music Television's Website. "But we didn't have to do that because we have the greatest fans in the world."
On the Award LIl Jake Slade Nat " quotes I absoilty dont desire this award. this i had nuttin to do with it , i did mot play on it , did not help write it ...but then i came up with that i actually give birth the child it is named after...so i did have a little something to do with the song... "
We decided to call this the Top of the World tour, but about four months ago, we thought we would have to change it to our farewell tour. But we didn�t have to do that because we have the greatest fans in the world!�