Natalie Maines
Natalie Maines
Natalie Louise Maines Pasdaris an American singer-songwriter and activist who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band the Dixie Chicks. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Maines considers herself a rebel who "loved not thinking in the way I knew the majority of people thought."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth14 October 1974
CityLubbock, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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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.
Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
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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.
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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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Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.
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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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The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit.
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We're doing what we want to do, playing what we want to play, we're looking like we want to look, we're saying what we want to say. In rock that's done a lot, but in country it's not.
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They told me that you may not come, but I knew you'd come.
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As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush (news - web sites) because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect.
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This album was total therapy. I'm way more at peace now. Writing these songs and saying everything we had to say makes it possible to move on.
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Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.