Country Music Star Miranda Lambert Says She Has ‘Made a Career Based on Telling the Truth’

Back in 2003, you were a runner-up on Nashville Star, a televised country-music competition. You've since become one of country's biggest acts. What set you apart from the beginning?

I have always been pretty honest, in my music and with my fans, about who I am: being flawed, a regular girl with regular problems. I've made a career based on telling the truth.