Reba McEntire

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You must not look into that mirror at your doughy legs and flat feet. For today is about dreams and illusions, and unfiltered natural daylight is the enemy of dreams.

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.

I can’t believe we’ve got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven’t done anything I think is that good yet.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy.

If you’ve got to take it. Take it easy. Never hurry to a date. Eat your supper; let ’em wait.

Bitches don’t know if they wanna hate you or be you. Lemme change that. Bitches hate you cuz know they’ll never be you.

A lot of them also looked a little further down the line in the future than we did. We always did everything out of Level Cross (N.C.) in the backyard and we were fairly successful with the thing. Then it started being a bigger and bigger business. It started going and bringing more people in, more money, more technology, that kind of stuff. We still sat there in the backyard. By the time we got ready to do something about it, we were so far behind on our money and our engineering and all that stuff it’s just taken us a little time to get going.

[On his favourite scene from “New Moon”] The Volterra scene, where I have to step into the light. There were many extras and many fans there. Some fans travelled across the world to be there. I felt a huge sense of responsibility, being in front of so many that are so obsessed with this story. It was nerve wrecking, but I never felt closer to the character before this.

I laugh about it now. It was ridiculous, and it was calculatedly decadent. It was pretty horrendous, really. I remember feeling a bit ill at times. You know, in those days, the thing was to live it. And we lived it and loved it, and it was great. But that is another era.

The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it’s not really who I am in my heart.

We aren’t cool and never will be.

My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that’s who I should probably play.

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

The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.

I’m just a regular girl. Some days I’m super strong; some days I’m super insecure. I just speak my truth and if people like it, they like it, and if they bash it, they bash it.