I'm a mom first, a singer second. Gretchen Wilson More Quotes by Gretchen Wilson More Quotes From Gretchen Wilson To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life. Gretchen Wilson redneck self way Good music is good music. Gretchen Wilson music-is Well I'm an eight ball shooting, double-fisted drinking son of a gun Gretchen Wilson gun drinking son I don't know if I'll ever get used to hearing my name being mentioned alongside all these other legendary artists that have come before me. Gretchen Wilson hearing artist names I don't really think about having had a hard life. It was just my life, and it's all I knew. It made me who I am - all the good and bad - and it's where all of the songs on Here For The Party came from. I've lived them all. Gretchen Wilson party song thinking I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular. Gretchen Wilson raisins Today, if you were to look at my CD collection, it might scare some people. Gretchen Wilson cds scare people I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing. Gretchen Wilson mood soul thinking What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing. Gretchen Wilson crowds dream work People ask me where I go to get away and I say, 'home' Gretchen Wilson get-away home people Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing. Gretchen Wilson mother-and-daughter daughter mother My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl. Gretchen Wilson daughter girl mother I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it should be country. Gretchen Wilson music heart country All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education. Gretchen Wilson felt should should-have I've always been the kind of woman who had a man in her life even when he was the wrong man. Gretchen Wilson wrong-man kind men It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway. Gretchen Wilson broadway bills pay Cause I'm a redneck woman. Gretchen Wilson redneck causes Let me get a big 'hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me, hell yeah. Gretchen Wilson redneck hell girl I don't want to be ignorant in my daughter's eyes. Gretchen Wilson daughter eye mother I still fit in with the hillbillies! Gretchen Wilson still fit
