“When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's beca...” — Mary Chapin Carpenter Quote

“When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.”

“I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.”

“I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.”

“When I started off riding, you dream about being champion jockey. Then I wanted to be champion jockey again. Then I wanted to ride 200 winners in a season. Then, when there was a chance of riding more winners than Richard Dunwoody, that was my goal.”

“I was playing in a second division team in Ghana. I was not registered, I just played and got my winning bonus. So when I got the chance to travel to Spain I didn't want to tell anybody, not even my parents, as maybe they'd be asked where I'd gone and they'd tell. I only spoke with my agent, who did everything for me. Then I traveled to Spain.”