Reba McEntire quotes

Reba McEntire is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress often referred to as the "Queen of Country." Her career spans several decades and includes numerous chart-topping albums, hit singles, and television roles. She remains an influential figure in both music and entertainment, inspiring generations of artists. Here are 68 of her quotes:

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. (Reba McEntire)

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

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

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

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

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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...

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

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

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Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

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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.

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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. (Reba McEntire)

So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun.

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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.

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

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

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I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.

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You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.

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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.

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And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.

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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.

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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. (Reba McEntire)

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

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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.

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

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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.

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Reba McEntire

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 28, 1955
Quotes count: 68

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