We have an older sister who gets pregnant easily. So Emily and I think there may be an environmental cause for our problems. Neither of us were very old when we started trying. But we've lived very parallel lives. We've been in a band together since I was 12 and she was 10. We can't help but wonder, did we stay in a hotel near a power plant?

When we were unknown, you don't get a lot of bad feedback. Now, we get people bad-mouthing us all the time, but it's all part of the game.

We've had a lot of controversy in our career, and it's never been intentional.

I couldn't imagine that my career could have contributed to the demise of my marriage, but I do think neither of us realized that when you spend 60 to 70 days a year face-to-face, no marriage is going to survive. No relationship is going to survive.

When I look back at some of the Chicks stuff, it's the early stuff we did where we kind of giggle and go, 'You know what? Those were the good old days.'

We started to overthink things in the Dixie Chicks and do things we thought people wanted us to do.

You've got to live your life first and do your job second.

Costumes are great. That kind of effort tells the audience that the performer has taken the time to be the total package.

What I've learned and all of us have learned is: You can't force art, and there's no way you could force somebody to do something that they didn't want to do in this line of work.

I was born with great eyelashes. They just do what I want them to do.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.

Most of the music I'm into wasn't popular when it was being made.

I hope I'm learning until I'm dead.

As far as I remember, I don't have any warrants out for my arrest anymore. I can travel without fear.

Nobody likes to believe that they need anybody's help in anything, and the smarter you are - and I'm not smart - or the tougher you are - and at times I thought I was pretty tough - the more trouble you have.

When I was a kid, I got caught shoplifting by a store security guard in Ellensburg. The next time I saw that store guard was when I got thrown in jail again - this time for not paying court fees. The guy happened to be in jail, too, right next to me. That's what Eastern Washington is like - you never get too far away from anybody.

I was excited when the Afghan Whigs got back together.

I have to have animals. They really make life worth living, and my world actually revolves around them. They know exactly when it's time to get up, exactly when they're supposed to get their food, and they let you know. Mine are right there in my face, first thing every morning.

When I'm listening to music for pleasure, I'm gonna listen to someone else's music.

I used to throw a lot of stuff against the wall, just to see what ended up sticking; now I'm pretty much using everything that I create for a record.

It's satisfying and gratifying to make your own music, but I personally don't get the same enjoyment out of the music that I make as I do from somebody else's music that I like.

I'm not much of a partyer.

When I think of a hit, I think of Madonna.