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"I was so surprised when everyone stood up in their seats! They were screaming and whistling and clapping... I didn't expect such a large reaction from a crowd that didn't even know who I was. I couldn't stop smiling!" Rebecca Lynn Howard sharing about getting a standing ovation after performing “I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners” as a new artists at Fan Fair in 1999.

 

"I always admired people who could really just sing, so I guess that kind of molded my sound into what it is. It's why I write very rangy songs. I think that pureness goes back to my bluegrass background. I've really worked hard at establishing a style that doesn't sound like anything else. As a vocalist, it's nice for someone to say, 'You sound like Whitney Houston,' but what you want to hear is, 'Your voice is great and you don't sound like anybody else.' That's the ultimate compliment." Rebecca Lynn Howard

"Well, I get to close out the show with Kenny, singing ‘Islands in the Stream.’ When I found that out, I was bent over double laughing. I was like, ‘I cannot believe this! I’m going to be Dolly Parton!’ I have never been nervous on stage, but I am going to be as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." Rebecca Lynn Howard on touring with Kenny Rogers

 

"To see her hurting was hard for me, and I told her I hate the fact [that] I get songs from the personal suffering of the people I love, but that’s the curse of being a songwriter." Rebecca Lynn Howard, commenting on getting the idea to write “Forgive” from her friend’s experience.

 

“For the case of ‘Forgive,’ that was actually a song idea that I got out of an experience watching my best friend go through a divorce. So I kind of draw from all over. Sometimes they (song ideas) just come out of the blue.” Rebecca Lynn Howard when addressing the source of her song ideas.

 

"I'm so grateful for the things that 'Forgive' has done for my career but, as my management says, this next single is more crucial than the first one. In this day and time, in our format, you have to stay busy or people forget about you." Rebecca Lynn Howard

 

"The inspiration for my songs can come from anywhere. It can be an idea from a book I read, maybe a line in a movie, but a lot of times I get inspiration from watching people go through different things in their lives." Rebecca Lynn Howard

 

“That’s where my roots are…that’s what I love to do. I’m a country singer. I’m country through and through. I even talk with a thick Southern accent.” Rebecca Lynn Howard, commenting that her unreleased album “Laughter and Tears” will have a traditional country feel to it.

 

“My musical influences early on were Loretta Lynn, and Patsy Cline. I got into Reba McEntire when I was about six years old, and later Patty Loveless. …I grew up listening to the Carpenters, Sheryl Crow, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey – just so many different kinds of music. When you see my live shows, and hear my record, it’s kind of a collage of all those sounds.” Rebecca Lynn Howard