Miranda Lambert's really about balance of life and work for me right now, i've been touring for 20 years, and I've been everywhere and seen nothing — just a lot of parking lots. I'm trying to use my downtime to really experience life. I always get the boring months off, and I'm like,' Can I just have a sunshiny month off ?' So the first of July, I'm out of here, and I ’m taking my Airstream.

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If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

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stand-for-something ifs

I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly.

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flying ifs knows

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

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mom sticks want

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

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song country cheating

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

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accustomed hard

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

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land want country

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

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salons grows roots

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

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hairspray bigger hair

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

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progression song people

Is it guilty in here or is it just me?

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guilty

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

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unconditional-love dog love-you

Really skinny actresses make me hungry. I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!'

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honey needs thinking

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.

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who-i-am home moving

I think [“Shake It Off”] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers.

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mean country art

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

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growing-up crazy girl

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

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vulnerability shows

Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?

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music littles long

I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.

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dad song believe

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability

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vulnerability music-is strong

I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

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fire people thinking