Quotes from Trisha Yearwood

Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.

I love Southern rock; it's because I grew up on it, and no matter where I am, I'll always be a Georgia girl.

The first award I ever won was for Best New Artist from the ACMs, so they always will hold a special place in my heart.

I get satisfaction out of making a meal for people that I love and having them enjoy it. But there's not really anything in my life that I do that's just for me that feeds my soul like music does.

Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.

As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.

Music, from the time I was probably about five years old, was my obsession. I was going to say 'passion,' but I really was obsessed; I really didn't want to do anything else.

I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!

Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

I was raised Southern, where every meal had meat on table, but I don't eat that way in life. I've been experimenting with a lot of vegetarian and vegan food.

What I've learned, traveling the country and doing book signings, Mama's biscuits - you know, somebody in Montana's got their version of Mama's biscuits, somebody in California's got their version - so it made me realize that we're not as regionalized as we think we are.

'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

If you believe in astrology, I'm a Virgo, so I'm very controlling; I'm very neat, and I'm very organized.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun.