"Country music has evolved into this new sound. It's a lot more pop or rock than country-sounding." - Leann Rimes
"Everyone gets criticized." - Leann Rimes
"Everyone goes through good times and bad times-even people like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and Reba McEntire." - Leann Rimes
"Hosting Nashville Star is something I wouldn't have done a few years ago." - Leann Rimes
"I didn't want to compromise my music. They said they didn't like the production, but my father has produced all my records, and we'd done so well up to then that I didn't want to change anything." - Leann Rimes
"I find that It's harder to put in the energy to hide it than to talk about it. I have my disease under control. I'm telling my story to use my celebrity for good. There is a way to feel more confident in your own skin." - Leann Rimes
"I have a great time touring." - Leann Rimes
"I have an incredible band, one of the best out there, and all of us are like family." - Leann Rimes
"I have changed so much. Being a woman has affected my writing and my abilities in music." - Leann Rimes
"I keep certain things private, and other things I talk about. I just try to take control over that balance." - Leann Rimes
"I keep reconnecting and changing and developing. I think that says a lot about me and who I am as an artist." - Leann Rimes
"I kept waiting for something bad to happen, and now a few things have. But that's okay, because my fans are still there, and that's what matters." - Leann Rimes
"I kickbox. It's a lot of fun. It's a great way to take your aggressions out." - Leann Rimes
"I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be." - Leann Rimes
"I never expected it to always be easy. I'm skeptical by nature, so even when things were going great, I kept telling people that it wouldn't last." - Leann Rimes
"I really found my own sound for the first time as an artist, and I'm proud of it." - Leann Rimes
"I talk to my family and friends as much as possible on the phone. It takes a certain type of person to understand what I go through and to deal with my kind of lifestyle." - Leann Rimes
"I think a lot of people have always said, since How Do I Live crossed over, that I'm really going pop. That's definitely something I want to pursue, but it's not all I'm going to do." - Leann Rimes
"I think it is music for everyone." - Leann Rimes
"I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids." - Leann Rimes
"I think way too often you have a record where one or two of the songs are good and the rest of the album is crap." - Leann Rimes
"I wrote a couple of songs with Brian McKnight, and he's producing a couple of things." - Leann Rimes
"I'm developing a film right now with Warner Bros. called Emily's Song. I'm kind of trying to keep it quiet, but we will hopefully be filming soon." - Leann Rimes
"I'm happily married, I have a wonderful set of friends and family, and artistically It's really coming together for me." - Leann Rimes
"I'm not going for anything specific, it's just the clothes that I like." - Leann Rimes
"I'm on the Treat Eczema Now campaign, which is the first time I'm talking about something so personal time to me. I feel very strongly about it." - Leann Rimes
"I'm producing most of the album and writing most of it myself." - Leann Rimes
"I'm really growing. Artistically, I feel I could have only wished and dreamed of how this album turned out." - Leann Rimes
"I've grown up so much as a person and an artist. I think this is the most positive time as an artist." - Leann Rimes
"I've grown up." - Leann Rimes
"I've never known much of a private life, but there's certain things that people will never know about me." - Leann Rimes
"It does kind of blow my mind that after a decade I'm still in the forefront of people's minds and in the music industry." - Leann Rimes
"It's really the first time as an adult that I'm able to relate to all of my music as a woman." - Leann Rimes
"It's tough to break into this business-now more so than ever." - Leann Rimes
"Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song." - Leann Rimes
"My artistic side is really growing." - Leann Rimes
"My happiest movements are away from my business and are with my family. I like to keep my business separate from my friends and family. It's really good for my sanity." - Leann Rimes
"My husband travels with me, and I'm really so blessed." - Leann Rimes
"Next year, we'll have the whole shebang, the big tour." - Leann Rimes
"People have seen me since I was 13, and I've grown up in front of everyone. So I guess my new look is a little more moderate and a little bit more edgy. I've been working out in the gym and coming into my own." - Leann Rimes
"Sometimes I'm with friends and family for a couple of months at time, and then I won't see them for months. I fill blocks of time with my friends, family and life." - Leann Rimes
"The more successful you get, the more people start saying bad things about you, it seems." - Leann Rimes
"There are times that I have to prioritize business over friends." - Leann Rimes
"There's tons of room for older artists. George Jones is a great example of someone coming out with some really great stuff recently." - Leann Rimes
"This is like a small tour where we get out and get to see the fans." - Leann Rimes
"We do a Jefferson Airplane cover. It's a little rock, a little country, the show. We have a lot of fun onstage." - Leann Rimes
"When I did Crazy, I listened to Patsy Cline's version, because I wanted to do it justice for her. I was thinking about what she must have been feeling at the time. There is a lot of hurt and a lot of pain in those songs." - Leann Rimes
"When I first came out with Blue, everyone compared me to Patsy Cline, which is the biggest honor, 'cause I've always looked up to her." - Leann Rimes
"Writing my own music and being so confident in my writing is great. My voice has changed, and I feel like I'm more of an entertainer." - Leann Rimes
"You actually get to see me as a true artist now." - Leann Rimes
"You'll always hear Blue. I think I'd get stuff thrown at me if I didn't sing it." - Leann Rimes
