My Earliest Memories Of Country Music Are

By Growing Up In Alabama, I Had A Melting Pot Of The Whole Pie: R&b, Gospel, Country.

Forget About Surviving 40 Years In The Music Business. Just Surviving 27 Years Of Nicole Richie Has Been A Struggle-and-a-half, I Want To Tell You. I Stand Here As A Survivor, I Want You To Know, For All The Parents Out There.

I Grew Up With The Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... Not Realizing It Was Influencing Me As Much As It Was.

Your Kids Can Say Some Cruel Things To You At Times. For Example, Nicole, Miles And Sofie Are Standing There In The Room And I'm Dressed To Kill In My Own Mind. They'll Say To Me, 'dad, You're Not Going Out There Looking Like That Are You?' If That Doesn't Kill A Star, I Don't Know What Does!

Country Is Bringing In A Little Rock Element... A Little '80s Element. Melody Is King Now. But Its Just In The Music, Its Not So Much In The Songwriting, Which Is Still Very Basic To The Storytelling Aspect Of It.