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What's meant to be will always find a way.
I like a gooey cookie.
I don't interest myself that much.
I'm not the singing cookbook lady.
Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.
I've been blessed to live a lot of dreams.
I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.
I gotta say, I'm a huge Chris Stapleton fan.
I was an A student and I liked creative writing.
I don't think you can name one diet I haven't done.
When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.
People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.
For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.
As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.
I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.
You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.
I love cookbooks, and I have a ton. I have shelves of cookbooks.
Potato salad is very personal: everyone makes theirs differently.
I grew up in Georgia, so I grew up listening to the Allman Brothers.
You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.
Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.
She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.
I have not heard a Martha Stewart album yet. But, you know, it could happen.
I keep in touch with these people who knew me long before I got a record deal.
I lost my mom to breast cancer about three years ago, and it has changed me forever.
Martha Stewart was the one who really did show everybody that you can do everything.
I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.
I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.
I've never been the girl that's had the five-year plan, the 10-year plan and I'm still not.
I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.
Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.
I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.
If you believe in astrology, I'm a Virgo, so I'm very controlling; I'm very neat, and I'm very organized.
I wrote a book with my mom and my sister for fun. I had no idea it would be a 'New York Times' bestseller.
Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.
It's always a balance, and sometimes I'm on the good side of that scale, and sometimes I'm on the bad side.
I have to say, I've never been the girl that's had the five-year plan, the 10-year plan, and I'm still not.
You want to sell records, but if you want to call yourself an artist, your job is how you express yourself.
I love Southern rock; it's because I grew up on it, and no matter where I am, I'll always be a Georgia girl.
When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.
I'm like it's - it's like taking out whatever you have in your fridge and putting it in a bowl and eating it.
And one of the reasons that I wrote the cook books was so that I could be at home more than being on the road.
I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!
The first award I ever won was for Best New Artist from the ACMs, so they always will hold a special place in my heart.
Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger.
'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.
There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.
It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun.
