Quotes from Reba McEntire

Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

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

I had lots of breaks.

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 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 don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

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.

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

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.

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.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

If I'm not the one thing you can't stand to lose, If I'm not that arrow to the heart of you, If you don't get drunk on my kiss, If you think you can do better than this then I guess we're done. Let's not drag this on, Consider me gone...

Anything worth doing, is worth doing all the way. Just know you'll have to live with all the choices that you make.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire

when life gives you lemons. Make yourself a screwdriver

How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?