Reba McEntire

Musician

1955-03-28

Reba McEntire is an American country singer, actress, and producer. She is one of the most successful women in country music with decades of charting releases.

Quotes by Reba McEntire

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making
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To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
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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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To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
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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.
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Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.
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It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.
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To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
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A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.
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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 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.
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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.
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I treat myself pretty good. I take lots of vacations, I eat well, I take supplements, I do mercury detox, I get plenty of sleep, I drink plenty of water and I stay away from drama and stress.
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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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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.
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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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I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.
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