Martina McBride

“I have a really amazing fan club, it's contemporary but it's a little bit old school. There's a lot of connection. I have a fan club president who really responds to people.”

“I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.”

“My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.”

“Faith that it's not always in your hands or things don't always go the way you planned, but you have to have faith that there is a plan for you, and you must follow your heart and believe in yourself no matter what.”

“I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.”