Reba McEntire Quotes
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I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.
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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.
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I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.
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When I got into the music business in 1976, there weren't many women on the roster. As a woman, you don't complain; you work twice as hard, and you do your job.
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I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.
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I love to sing with different people.
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.
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A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.
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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.
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I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.
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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.
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I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.
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I just love motherhood.
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Being sexy is kind of funny to me. You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.
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I grew up in southeastern Oklahoma on a working cattle ranch, and it was always very romantic to me: The West, the cowboy, the Western way of life.
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I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you.
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Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.
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Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.
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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.
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Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.
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Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.
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I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.
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That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.
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To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.