Quotes from Reba McEntire

I exercise at least five times a week with stretching, Pilates, push-ups, planks, sit- ups, squats and light weights.

If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

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.

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

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.

My grandma was a huge believer, very spiritual, probably the most spiritual person I've ever known in my life.

when life gives you lemons. Make yourself a screwdriver

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.

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.

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

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.

I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.

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

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

No matter what you achieve in life, you're always wondering, 'Is there something I should be doing? Is there something I'm missing?

Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

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.

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

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.

And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.