Gretchen Wilson

My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl.

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.

I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular.

I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing.

To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.

I've always been the kind of woman who had a man in her life even when he was the wrong man.

I don't really think about having had a hard life. It was just my life, and it's all I knew. It made me who I am - all the good and bad - and it's where all of the songs on Here For The Party came from. I've lived them all.

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.

I still fit in with the hillbillies!

What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing.