Everyone gets criticized.
Hosting Nashville Star is something I wouldn't have done a few years ago.
I didn't want to compromise my music. They said they didn't like the production, but my father has produced all my records, and we'd done so well up to then that I didn't want to change anything.
I find that It's harder to put in the energy to hide it than to talk about it. I have my disease under control. I'm telling my story to use my celebrity for good. There is a way to feel more confident in your own skin.
I have a great time touring.
I have an incredible band, one of the best out there, and all of us are like family.
I have changed so much. Being a woman has affected my writing and my abilities in music.
I keep certain things private, and other things I talk about. I just try to take control over that balance.
I keep reconnecting and changing and developing. I think that says a lot about me and who I am as an artist.
I kept waiting for something bad to happen, and now a few things have. But that's okay, because my fans are still there, and that's what matters.
I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be.
I never expected it to always be easy. I'm skeptical by nature, so even when things were going great, I kept telling people that it wouldn't last.
I really found my own sound for the first time as an artist, and I'm proud of it.
I talk to my family and friends as much as possible on the phone. It takes a certain type of person to understand what I go through and to deal with my kind of lifestyle.
I think a lot of people have always said, since How Do I Live crossed over, that I'm really going pop. That's definitely something I want to pursue, but it's not all I'm going to do.
I think it is music for everyone.
I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.
I think way too often you have a record where one or two of the songs are good and the rest of the album is crap.
I wrote a couple of songs with Brian McKnight, and he's producing a couple of things.
I'm developing a film right now with Warner Bros. called Emily's Song. I'm kind of trying to keep it quiet, but we will hopefully be filming soon.
I'm happily married, I have a wonderful set of friends and family, and artistically It's really coming together for me.
I'm not going for anything specific, it's just the clothes that I like.
I'm on the Treat Eczema Now campaign, which is the first time I'm talking about something so personal time to me. I feel very strongly about it.
I'm producing most of the album and writing most of it myself.
I'm really growing. Artistically, I feel I could have only wished and dreamed of how this album turned out.
I've grown up so much as a person and an artist. I think this is the most positive time as an artist.
I've never known much of a private life, but there's certain things that people will never know about me.
It does kind of blow my mind that after a decade I'm still in the forefront of people's minds and in the music industry.
It's really the first time as an adult that I'm able to relate to all of my music as a woman.
It's tough to break into this business - now more so than ever.
Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.
My artistic side is really growing.
My happiest movements are away from my business and are with my family. I like to keep my business separate from my friends and family. It's really good for my sanity.
My husband travels with me, and I'm really so blessed.
Next year, we'll have the whole shebang, the big tour.
People have seen me since I was 13, and I've grown up in front of everyone. So I guess my new look is a little more moderate and a little bit more edgy. I've been working out in the gym and coming into my own.
Sometimes I'm with friends and family for a couple of months at time, and then I won't see them for months. I fill blocks of time with my friends, family and life.
The more successful you get, the more people start saying bad things about you, it seems.
There are times that I have to prioritize business over friends.
There's tons of room for older artists. George Jones is a great example of someone coming out with some really great stuff recently.
This is like a small tour where we get out and get to see the fans.
We do a Jefferson Airplane cover. It's a little rock, a little country, the show. We have a lot of fun onstage.
When I did Crazy, I listened to Patsy Cline's version, because I wanted to do it justice for her. I was thinking about what she must have been feeling at the time. There is a lot of hurt and a lot of pain in those songs.
When I first came out with Blue, everyone compared me to Patsy Cline, which is the biggest honor, 'cause I've always looked up to her.
Writing my own music and being so confident in my writing is great. My voice has changed, and I feel like I'm more of an entertainer.
You actually get to see me as a true artist now.
You'll always hear Blue. I think I'd get stuff thrown at me if I didn't sing it.
LeAnn has covered 3 famous artists: Dolly Parton (the song I Will Always Love You), the Beatles (the song Yesterday), and Prince (the song Purple Rain).
LeAnn donated her artist fee and royalties from her hit single "I Need You" to create a wing at the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Tennessee called the LeAnn Rimes Adventure Gym.
LeAnn says her most priced possession is a ruby and diamond ring that was given to her by her godparents.
At the age of 5, LeAnn won her first singing contest singing the song "Getting to Know You".
According to LeAnn, her parents have been her strongest and best influence in life.
In 2004, LeAnn revealed that for years she had suffered from the skin disorder eczema.
In 1997, LeAnn made her acting debut in starring in the ABC movie Holiday in Your Heart alongside one of her idols, Bernadette Peters.
After spending many years living in Los Angeles, LeAnn and her husband Dean now reside in Nashville, Tennessee.
In May 2000, filed a lawsuit against her father, Wilbur, and his partner and LeAnn's co-manager alleging that they stole more than $7 million of her earnings. The two have since settled the matter out of court.
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