Usually right when I'm feeling it, right when it's happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown.

Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.

We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot.

If something or someone's really bugging you, just sit on it. Just sit on it.

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.

I really kind of set the bar really low, so I don't get disappointed.

I see life everywhere I look. I get the energy off the water.

I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.

We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.

I'm not good at multi-tasking.

Some friends give bad advice because they live a bad life.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

I don't even think twice about wearing a swimsuit because it's always been a part of my lifestyle.

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period

If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry.

We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans.

Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse.

We need useless theory more than ever today.

Taking the lead, that was the hard part. To concede after that was a massive disappointment - not good enough.

A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater.