Reba McEntire Quotes

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Reba McEntire

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 28, 1955

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

Reba McEntire

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.

Reba McEntire

So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you.

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

Reba McEntire

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.

Reba McEntire

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

Reba McEntire

I had lots of breaks.

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I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.

Reba McEntire

I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means.

Reba McEntire

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.

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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.

Reba McEntire

I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.

Reba McEntire

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

Reba McEntire

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

Reba McEntire

I love to sing with different people.

Reba McEntire

I've never turned my back on country music.

Reba McEntire

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.

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And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.

Reba McEntire

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.

Reba McEntire

I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

Reba McEntire