I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts. Carrie Underwood More Quotes by Carrie Underwood More Quotes From Carrie Underwood I've grown up a lot. I've become more independent. I can talk to my parents more like friends. When I was going to college, I was still only an hour away from them.Now, after Idol and touring all over the place, I feel like I have become a lot more independent. Carrie Underwood independentcollegeidols I think I realize why celebrities go crazy, do something stupid or have a nervous breakdown. Fortunately I have great people around me, but I see how that can happen. Carrie Underwood crazystupidthinking I never wanted to be a wild kid. I respected my parents and I had great friends. I was lucky. We did a lot of church activities. There were the bad kids in school who partied all the time, but none of my close friends did. Carrie Underwood parentkidsschool My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt Donna - I know I can trust them. Most of the other people...they never called me before, they never said "I love you" before, they never wanted to take a picture with me at family reunions. It's like, don't do it now...You win the lottery and all of a sudden everybody's your best friend. Carrie Underwood dadmombrother It's kind of impossible not to, especially in such a media-driven world.... But, yeah, I'll go home and one of my friends will say, "Oh my gosh, those shoes are so cute." And I'll say, "Oh, they're Christian Louboutins." And they're like, "What?" So yeah, I've definitely learned more names. Carrie Underwood christianhomecute I definitely don't do stomach, because nobody wants to see that. Carrie Underwood stomachwant I'm pretty boring. I consider myself not a celebrity. I'm a normal person that sings on stage. Carrie Underwood stagenormalboring When I'm on stage, I feel like a performer for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures. That part's wonderful. But, I live the most boring life away from what you see me on camera doing. The other 300 days out of the year I'm just the most normal person in the universe. I'm a wife. I'm a mother to my doggies. I'm a maid - I clean the house. Carrie Underwood motherpeopleyears I've been surfing once in my entire life and I wasn't terrible at it, but my love for music is like the Hamilton family loves water. I understand it - but I'll stick to music. Carrie Underwood family-lovesurfingwater I hate chick flicks. I won't see them. I won't rent them.Life's not like that. I'd rather watch something with guns and explosives or scary movies with a bunch of blood because that stuff isn't trying to be like real life. Carrie Underwood hategunreal I always wanted to be married for a little while before a baby. You know what? It does make me choose my wardrobe differently because if I wear something a little baggy, I'm like, "No, it looks like I'm having a baby!" Carrie Underwood doebabylooks I feel like my life right now is so crazy; there's no time to dwell on difficult things. You just have to figure out how to fix it or get past it because there is no time to do anything else. Being a mom to a toddler, my career, and my husband's career - all of our worlds just kind of colliding at once, you just make it work. Carrie Underwood crazymompast Writing down everything I eat makes such a difference, because you never realize how much you're consuming unless you read it later in the day. Carrie Underwood realizingdifferenceswriting I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You've got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you. Carrie Underwood appreciatehard-workimportant I've seen people that get onstage and sing while they have tears running down their face - I can't do that. When I cry, it starts like in my throat, so when I have something that's really emotional, sometimes if I access that too much, I can't finish the song. Carrie Underwood emotionalrunningsong In the romantic sense, I'm pretty useless with guys. If I see somebody who I'm attracted to, generally I just think, 'Oh well, he's not interested in me.' The only time that I talk to guys is when they talk to me first. Carrie Underwood uselessguythinking It's great when you can write a meaningful song that touches people, but sometimes you just wanna have fun and sing a silly song that doesn't reflect on you as a person. Carrie Underwood songfunmeaningful Some weeks, I'm super-duper busy, so I can only fit cardio in here and there, a lot of stuff happens in the afternoon, so I can get up and have a workout, which makes me feel awesome for the rest of my day. There's just something sexy about feeling strong. And every night I'm onstage, I get another workout. Carrie Underwood sexyworkoutstrong Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better. Carrie Underwood siblingselfishchildren I do not like people touching my underwear. That's just weird! I travel with a washer and dryer, and I like cooking on the bus, too. Carrie Underwood touchingcookingpeople
