Reba McEntire

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.

I had lots of breaks.

I always thought that was so strange that people would try to corral you and pigeonhole you in one category and not play you anywhere else.

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

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.

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

Comedy is acting out optimism.

[on Disney banning junk food adverts] I think when you can get an occupant of the White House behind you, particularly one as formidable and effective and passionate as Mrs. Obama, that can’t hurt

I’m the closest that hip-hop is getting to God. In some situations I’m like a ghetto Pope.

I love the people here. I love New York.

Maybe the best is yet to come, but I’ve already had the best.

Working for me is like a gift!

I’ve just got to get that album out. I have to get it out, if it’s the last thing I do.

I think the world has too many actresses.

I think London’s sexy because it’s so full of eccentrics.

I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing.

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.

It’s when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn’t work for me.

Twitter seems like a busman’s holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I’ll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I’m old-fashioned that way.

I’ve never been cool and I don’t really care about being cool. It’s just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.