Reba McEntire Quotes

• Waiting makes me restless. When I’m ready, I’m ready.

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• To me, being popular means I’ve got more friends. You’ve got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I’ve got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you’ve got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they’re your friend.

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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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• I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.

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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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• Everything I’ve done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn’t had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I’m told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn’t be where I am today.

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

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

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

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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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• Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn’t mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn’t know about why it happened.

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• 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.

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  Tags in Healthy, Kid

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

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

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• 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.

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Reba McEntire (54)

Birth:	28th March, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Producer, Singer

About

Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band, on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. While a sophomore in college, she performed the National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City and caught the attention of country artist Red Steagall.

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