I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did. Lee Ann Womack More Quotes by Lee Ann Womack More Quotes From Lee Ann Womack When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. Lee Ann Womack sadstrengthlife And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes. Lee Ann Womack hateartistreal When you come close to selling out, reconsider. Lee Ann Womack i-hope-you-danceselling-outselling I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. Lee Ann Womack congratulationssuccessthinking I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Lee Ann Womack i-hope-you-danceoceanexpression I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed. Lee Ann Womack hopemaylife I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is Lee Ann Womack musicbeautifulcountry Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult. Lee Ann Womack routinekindhome And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett. Lee Ann Womack jobsartthinking I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance. Never settle for the path of least resistance. Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin'. Lovin might be a mistake but it's worth makin'. Lee Ann Womack distancemistakelife When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are Lee Ann Womack get-awaypiecescountry And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine. Lee Ann Womack musictexascountry We have never seen a career like George Strait's in this business, and I venture to say we never will again. He has handled things amazingly well. Lee Ann Womack venturewellscareers Never settle for the path of least resistance Lee Ann Womack never-settleresistancepath I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens. Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. Lee Ann Womack oceanfightinglife But I just love that music scene so much, and I enjoy really being around those artists and watching them even more than I do performing, because they are a whole group of people that do it because they love music. Lee Ann Womack artistlovepeople So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to. Lee Ann Womack guitarmusicthinking But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things. Lee Ann Womack musicdifferenttrying My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous, (but it) was exhilarating. Lee Ann Womack nervouspeoplefirsts I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types of songs because radio might not play it. Lee Ann Womack cuttingwisesong
