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Miranda Lambert: Here’s What She Hasn’t Done During Quarantine

Miranda Lambert recently spoke with us about some of the challenges she’s faced over the years: “I think life has just dealt me certain things and I’ve learned how to rise…

Miranda Lambert: 'Life Gives You Lessons'
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Miranda Lambert recently spoke with us about some of the challenges she's faced over the years: "I think life has just dealt me certain things and I've learned how to rise above it and learn how to navigate it. And I've also learned some hard lessons, you know, getting knocked down and getting back up. So I'm not really sure who taught me or how I learned. But I definitely think just life, in general, gives you those lessons, whether you want them or not."

During quarantine, Lambert has spent a lot of time with her husband and with her animals; she's gone camping and road-tripping. As she told us, there is one thing she hasn't been doing a lot of during the pandemic. "I have not written very many songs in quarantine. I don't know why. I know people have. And then I also try to not beat myself up for not writing two books and two records. I've just been doing whatever else, doing lots dishes, lots of dinners..."

She adds, "But I'm trying to get back into writing because this is a perfect time dive into it so slowly but surely for me."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.