Quotes By Reba McEntire

But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.

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.

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

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun.

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.

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.

You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.

I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.

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 use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.

And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.