I Don't Think I'm Going To Be

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.

It's Quite Interesting That In My Growing Up I Had Several Influences. We Had Gospel Music On Campus. R&b Music Was, Of Course, The Community, And Radio Was Country Music. So I Can Kind Of See Where All The Influences Came From.

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

So Much Of My Career Has Been About Saying Things The Way People Say Them, Using Melodies Not That I Can Sing But That The People Can Sing.

Greatness Comes From Fear. Fear Can Either Shut Us Down And We Go Home, Or We Fight Through It.