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Miranda Lambert: ‘I Did Not Sign Up For People Prying Into My Private Life’

Miranda Lambert says that her “fire” is back and she loves that people are starting to notice. She shared with the Chicago Sun-Times, “I’m thankful people are noticing that. I’ve…

Miranda Lambert: 'I Did Not Sign Up For People Prying Into My Private Life'
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Miranda Lambert says that her "fire" is back and she loves that people are starting to notice.

She shared with the Chicago Sun-Times, “I’m thankful people are noticing that. I’ve always had that fire in me, but sometimes, life beats the hell out of you. You go through ups and downs and you go through really hard things in the public eye and it ain’t easy."

Miranda, who got married to police officer Brenden McLoughlin earlier this year, is not a fan of the public interest in her life. She explained, “It’s probably the thing I hate the most, the thing I hate more than anything. I love getting up on stage and playing music, but I did not sign up for people prying into my private life.”

She continued, “It’s not like I can call in sick in this business. But I never hide from my fans. I am who I am and right now I am genuinely happy. People are telling me I’m glowing from the inside.”

Lambert said of her new music coming soon, “It’s not going to be love song overload or anything like that. I made a career on being a rock and roller and I think fans are going to hear that throughout. And yeah, there is this vibe of being happy that goes through this album. I am really, really happy.”

-Nancy Brooks

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.