And all the things that break you are all the things that make you strong. You can't change the past 'Cause it's gone, and you just gotta move on. Carrie Underwood More Quotes by Carrie Underwood More Quotes From Carrie Underwood I love chocolate, and I love to shop - just give me a good boutique. I like mall scenarios, too, because there's more right there at hand. I think Nashville could use some better shopping! Carrie Underwood nashvillehandsthinking I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me. Carrie Underwood idolspeoplethinking I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It's not a competition. Carrie Underwood jealouscompetitionthinking [Carnival Ride] is part of a line from my favorite song on the album, "Wheel of the World." It sums up everything that's happened to me. It's nuts to think of where I was a couple of years ago. Carrie Underwood couplesongthinking After I released 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' people started saying, Oh, it's kind of risky. You're coming out with a religious song. And I was thinking, Really? I grew up in Oklahoma; I always had a close relationship with God. I never thought it was risky in the least. If anything, I thought it was the safest thing I could do. Carrie Underwood religioussongjesus I'm extremely happy, but I don't do love songs for the most part. It feels weird; that's such a personal thing to me. I'd rather live that in my real life and play a different character outside of that. Carrie Underwood realsongcharacter Figure out what you want, how you want to feel, whatever your motivation is, you have to figure it out. That's step one: where do you want to be? The next thing is just trying to get there and cutting yourself some slack along the way. You're going to have days when you veer off your path, then just get right back on. We all have cheat days, holidays, or celebrations, whatever or period when we can't work out as much as we like, and just do the best you can and when you can get back on track, get back on track. Carrie Underwood holidaycuttingmotivation I'm not the person in person that I am on stage. Carrie Underwood stagepersons Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader. Carrie Underwood growinggrowing-upsoftball I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal. Carrie Underwood playpeopleyears I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that. Carrie Underwood grew-upchurchwonderful I love having my hair and makeup done for red carpets, but to have that done every day would be exhausting. Carrie Underwood makeupwould-behair I love Kashi. I eat cereal like a little kid. I carry it in my purse. Carrie Underwood cereallittleskids I say what I need to, not a whole lot more. Carrie Underwood wholeneeds I try to stay away from carb-y things at dinner. Carrie Underwood carbsdinnertrying We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum. Carrie Underwood malesfemaleartist I would love to see more women making their mark in the music that I love so much ... There are so many more out there just waiting for their shot. I hope they get it! Carrie Underwood shotsmarkwaiting I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college. Carrie Underwood collegepeopleschool Music is my life, is my strong point, that's my love. Carrie Underwood music-is-my-lifestronglife-is I know people are really interested in everything that the celebrities are doing, even if you don't consider yourself a "celebrity." What always would drive me crazy is - I took ethics classes in college - and it always amazes me how there would blatantly be something that I did not say in quotation marks. If you're putting quotation marks around it, it better be exactly what that person said. Carrie Underwood crazycollegeclass
