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I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really.

I feel like, to have a career as an artist, you don't need to meet the same criteria as you do to win a singing competition. They're two very different animals.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.

Music is not a contest, it's not a competition, so giving out trophies seems a little bit like the sporting world I left behind when I was a kid.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

Professional competitions are overrated.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.

I ride my horse at competition level.

There is a lot that horses and art share in common. I have found that most horse people are art lovers, and vice versa.