Deana Carter Quotes.
It’s my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover.
But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.
How do I tell you what my heart’s been telling me?
I’m a big fan of ’70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.
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.
I’m sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.
Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.
If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal
you can count me out
but if your talking about a game I can win
You can count me in
you can count me out
but if your talking about a game I can win
You can count me in
My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.
The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.
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 also love real estate and decorating.
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.
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 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.
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 toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
I’ve been in LA for 5 years now, and it’s been very freeing creatively.
Any album that I ever put out I’m going to send it to country radio first.