Quotes By Reba McEntire

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.

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

I have talked to Debbie Hammond quite a bit, Jim Hammond's wife, his widow. I've seen their kids. And last time we played Dallas, a lot of them came over. It's hard for them to come see the show. It's still hard.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I've never turned my back on country music.

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

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

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

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

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

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.