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"This is the Lovey Dovey part of the show, where you put you're arm around the person next to you. But, you might want to ask them first." - Martina (at a concert  in Mobile on 11/2/02!)

I wanna say that every year that I'm nominated for this award, my husband, I think really wants me to win more than I do, so I'm really happy for you honey." - Martina McBride, CMA Awards 1999

“Through the eyes of a child everything’s so exciting” Martina McBride on CMT’s got me with the band

"Country music feels like home to me. It was as if I'd been away for a really long time and I'd come home." Martina McBride (lifetime intimate portrait)

“I remember hearing her (Delaney) cry for the very fist time, it was the most beautiful sound I had ever heard.” Martina (lifetime intimate portrait)

"You come offstage and thousands of people are screaming their heads off for you, and you walk into the tour bus and you're Mom. You have to tuck [the kids] in, read them stories and tell them to brush their teeth.” Martina McBride (lifetime intimate portrait)

“When I first heard ‘Concrete Angel’ I couldn’t get through it -- I cried every time I listened to it. I love lyrics that are true and honest. And this tells a story of child abuse. It opens your eyes and opens your heart and makes you want to do something to make a difference. Hopefully, it will have that effect on people when they hear it.” - Martina McBride (GH’s CD Jacket )

"I like to play off the audience and kind of feel what they feel." Countrynow artist profile (http://countrynow.com/cn_artistprofile/1,1559,XTU,00.html?FID=791 )

"We all are reaching out to each other, which I think is an amazing thing" Countrynow artist profile (http://countrynow.com/cn_artistprofile/1,1559,XTU,00.html?FID=791 )

“To me music is a healing thing. It has real power.” Martina McBride

“That they can do anything they want to.” Martina McBride

“The true measure of a life is the people we touch along the way…
that is the legacy we leave behind.” Martina McBride

“Country music is real. It’s lyric driven. The singer is important. People look for something they can relate to.” Martina McBride

"It's the music we're influenced by. I think to stand up and say a generation of country artists are only influenced by traditional country music is not very true. We've been influenced by Merle Haggard and Sheryl Crow and it's going to come out in the music."

"Country has been a melting pot. I think if Patsy Cline came out now, she wouldn't necessarily be considered a strictly country artist.

"Country has been the kind of music that maybe has held on to a particular sound longer than any other sound, but it's always changing," McBride says.

"I never go into the process of picking songs by 'thinking.' I go into it just listening and feeling. I never think, 'I've got to find a song about this or that,' or 'This song's got to appeal to so-and-so.' When one hits me, it's simply a gut reaction. Then I just hope that it will strike a chord with somebody who feels the same way I do."

"About a year ago I thought I wanted to get more involved with a children's organization," comments Martina. "But then I realized this is a way I can help children. This is an issue about our daughters and sons. The cycle of violence can be broken through education. The other day, Delaney and I had a conversation about the different kinds of abuse. I said, 'You know, it's not just when somebody pushes you or hits you. There's another kind of abuse called emotional abuse. That's when somebody makes you feel bad about yourself or calls you stupid or makes you feel like you're no good. That's not respectful. Daddy wouldn't talk to me that way; I don't talk to Daddy that way. You don't deserve to be talked to that way.' Nobody does."

"There are times I feel like a 'star,'" she says. "But more often, I just feel like I'm successful and happy. I don't have a desire to be on the cover of every magazine. I want to be able to raise my kids in a way that's sane and normal. That's my priority. And as long as I have that, whatever else I accomplish is icing on the cake."

Martina McBride says the impact of September 11, 2001 changed her in certain ways for the better, as she tells us: "I think in the past year the way it's changed my life outlook for me is I just don't take anything for granted anymore. I think taking each day as a gift and really realizing that we're not promised tomorrow. The other thing that made a big impact on me was this was really the first event in my lifetime that happened that made me really realize the pride that I have in being an American and being part of this amazing country. That sense of patriotism is still very high with me a year later."

“I believe that music is a healer and "Martinaville" has become like a family to hundreds of Martina fans around the globe.  Music is a wonderful thing, it's a common bond of the young and old and the rich and the poor.  Music doesn't know or care about what religion you are or what the color of your skin is.  Music can help bring people together in this world so often torn apart.  I want to thank everyone who helps make this site what it is, a community”

"It's not easy to find good, traditional country songs for women that say something and...mean something."
— Martina McBride

I think 'Independence Day' is my signature song. I think there's no doubt about that. It's still the one that seems to be my career song. I'm so proud . . . everything about it makes me so proud that I get to sing that every night. I'm the one. I get to sing it every night for the rest of my life if I so choose. To be recognized for something that I'm that passionate about is a great feeling.( Interview by Maurice Miner October 5 - October 19, 2001 )

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him snorkel"

"And now we have arrived to the moment you have all been anxiously waiting for since I first entered the stage... [pause] No, the band is not going to strip for you..." Jamboree In The Hills back in 1998.

During a Disneyland show in December 1998. At one point Martina asked the audience to ask questions and somebody yelled out "Where do you get your outfit?" and Martina answered "Oh, this old thing?"

At a JOC show last year, when doing her trek into the audience, Martina stopped at this gentleman in the audience and asked how he was doing. He said, "Much better now that I see your BEAUTIFUL blue eyes!!" Martina replied, "WELL!! I know what YOU want for Christmas this year, sir!! But you're NOT going to get it!" And she smiled and laughed and moved on. I thought it a little risque, given her usual shy and demure (if that is the correct description; maybe 'ladylike' is more accurate) reputation, but Martina has never really been one to shy away from controversy. It just caught me and the rest of the audience by surprise. There was a noticeable silence after she said that, like people were in shock to hear Martina say this. Not that there's anything wrong with what she said. It just seemed to be an 'adult' kind of comment, rather than a 'family show' kind

"You can never estimate music's power to heal. There has to be an outlet for people to get together and express all these things we're feeling: grief, guilt, being scared, being uncertain. This is a way that we can all get together and let it out in a safe environment." Martina

As Said By... About Martina

At the CMA Awards 2002 Alan Jackson wins an award after Matina Preformes "Where Whould You Be" and mentions Martina during his acceptance speech "Whew! I'm glad I wasn't in Martina's catagory"
 
Christina Aguilera introduces Martina at the Rodio Music Awards 2001 "Music fans get ready for another special treat, America's love affair with our next signer. (...) the first time she opened her mouth a voice that could relax an angel or get the party started in any country bar. This lovely lady is about as versitile as they come. Please give it up for Martina McBirde"

"I am so humbled. I'm recovering from Martina McBride's performance. You blow me away girl! I just have to tell you this, you're my favorite singer!" - Faith Hill, in the 1999 Academy of Country Music Awards

Martina's Opry debut intro in 1992 "I want to introduce a young lady here who... Three months ago this young lady was a waitress at a cafe here in Nashville. She's originally from Sharon Kansas, population 200. Now there's only 199, because she's down here, she's on RCA Records. She's gonna be a big star. She has a hit record right now and this is her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. And any young boy or girl who ever picks up a guitar and Starts singing their ambition is always to be on the Grand Ole Opry. So let's make welcome a beautiful, talented young lady! ladies and gentlemen, Martina McBride! Here she comes!"

Reba introduces Maritna at the ACM Awards 2002 "She's my buddy and a great mom and she's Martina McBride"

May 10, 2003, a DJ, on an unknown station, comments about Martina "Man, what a voice. That's gotta be, without question, the best female voice in Nashville right now. No one else can match that power. Trisha Yearwood is maybe a close second, but man, no one can belt them out like Martina."