Song Quotes by Martie Maguire

I liked a lot of alternative and I like punk stuff.

— Martie Maguire

Nobody has one band anymore. They've got two and three and four!

— Martie Maguire

We're just trying to make good music.

— Martie Maguire

SXSW is all about the music and the collaboration.

— Martie Maguire

It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.

— Martie Maguire

I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.

— Martie Maguire

We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal.

— Martie Maguire

Even though we were selling more records than a lot of pop acts, we were being treated like the redheaded stepchildren.

— Martie Maguire

When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction.

— Martie Maguire

We write constantly. It's nice to have more to pick from and we pitch songs to other artists, so it's not always…

— Martie Maguire

Songwriting is such a personal thing and it's hard to be in a room with somebody you don't know and trust.

— Martie Maguire

We were playing shows still when we wrote 'Phoebe' and 'Rock All Night.' We got to test those songs in a live…

— Martie Maguire

I am a really passive person to begin with so I have written a lot of pretty crappy songs with strangers because…

— Martie Maguire

In the beginning, if you look at those early label albums of the Chicks, we didn't write all that much. We had…

— Martie Maguire

I play a little acoustic bass and a little guitar. In our house there are instruments everywhere, and I love picking them…

— Martie Maguire