Quotes By Reba McEntire

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.

I just love motherhood.

I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn't like. And what they had an idea for, we didn't like. So, we went home.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.

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

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.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

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

I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.

I love to sing with different people.

I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.

I had lots of breaks.

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.

My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy.

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.

The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it's amazing how the light shines so much brighter.