Quotes By Reba McEntire

I have the attention span of a 2-year-old. I like to jump from project-to-project.

Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

I've never turned my back on country music.

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

I love to sing with different people.

My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.

I had lots of breaks.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means.

And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.

I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.

At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.

I love to wear boots - and shoes, I don't like at all.

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you.