Quotes from Trisha Yearwood

People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.

I love cookbooks, and I have a ton. I have shelves of cookbooks.

I wanted to be Cher for a long time, but not for the singing. I just thought she was so cool. I wanted her long hair, and I wanted to weigh five pounds.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

The thing that people have said over and over again, especially people who don't cook, is, 'I watch your show, the food makes me hungry, and I think I can make that.' That's exciting because we've heard that a lot of people watch cooking shows but don't make the food.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

I don't sign every check anymore, but I have my checks, my balances. I like the people I work with very much, but I check on them.

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.

I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.

I wrote a book with my mom and my sister for fun. I had no idea it would be a 'New York Times' bestseller.

I want to sing because I want to sing.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Music is so intimate and so personal that when you can find somebody that feels the same way about it that you do, it's magic. It can be. It really can be.

I'm not really a runner. It does not bring me joy. The runner's high thing - I have no idea about that! I especially hate it on a treadmill.

What's meant to be will always find a way

You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.

The kitchen is the heart of our home.

If you're doing this because you feel like you have a burning desire to do it, then you'll find a way to do it, no matter what. If you're doing this because you're thinking, 'Hey, this will be really cool. I'll be famous. I'll be on YouTube,' then you'll probably quit, because it's not easy to do for the long haul.

I never want to record something that I'm not proud of just because I think it might be a big hit. There's no positive about that because if you record a song you hate and it's a big hit, then you're singing a song every night that you hate. And if you record a song that you hate and it isn't a hit, then you sold out for no reason.

I'm not the singing cookbook lady.

I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.