I Always Like To Challenge

Country Music Has Always Been About As Close To R&b As You Can Possibly Get. We're Storytellers.

Believe Me, I Love Commerce As Much As The Rest Of The Readers Of 'businessweek.' But In Art, You Have To Be True To Yourself And Your Musical Vision. People Have Known Me Well For A Long Time, So If I Was Chasing A Trend And Doing Something That Wasn't Authentic To Who I Am, They Would Know It In Just A Few Seconds.

Forget About 40 Years In Show Business. Just Surviving 27 Years Of Nicole Richie Is Enough.

My Earliest Memories Of Country Music Are The Grand Ole Opry.

All Artists Are Egotistical Maniacs With Inferiority Complexes.