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

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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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At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.

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Because Celebrating Family Friends

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

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IThink Think Time Woman

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I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

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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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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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Come Getting Going IThink

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

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Because Car CDs Everybody

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

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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.

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Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.

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Around Besides Gypsy Heart

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

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Fun ILove Lessons Lot

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And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.

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After Band Crew Diego

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And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

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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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Bit Came Come Dallas

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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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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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Bad Good GoodAndBad GoodOnes

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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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Get Going He Hey

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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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Any Ashamed Country IThink

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

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BeDifferent Butt Different Off

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Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

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Being Everybody Growing GrowingUp

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

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Bus BusDriver Driver Finding

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You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

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Back Dust Entire EntireLife

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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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Being Doing Important Me

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Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

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Chance Easter Important Me

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It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

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Important Learn People Surround

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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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Daddy Every Find Fun

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When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

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Ambitious Around Disappointing Enthusiastic

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Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

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Makes Me Ready Restless

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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.

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Biggest BiggestChallenge Challenge Enough

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I have the attention span of a 2-year-old. I like to jump from project-to-project.

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

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

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About Fame Mind Things

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I love to sing with different people.

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Different DifferentPeople ILove Love

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I love to wear boots - and shoes, I don't like at all.

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Boots ILove Like Love

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I've never turned my back on country music.

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Back Country CountryMusic Music

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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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Come Funny Hometown How

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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.

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Always Attention Good Got

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I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.

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Country CountryMusic Ever First

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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.

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Act Care Comedy Don'tCare

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I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

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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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Another Feel FeelGood Good

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Being sexy is kind of funny to me. You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.

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Being Funny Get ICan

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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.

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When I got into the music business in 1976, there weren't many women on the roster. As a woman, you don't complain; you work twice as hard, and you do your job.

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I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you.

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I exercise at least five times a week with stretching, Pilates, push-ups, planks, sit- ups, squats and light weights.

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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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"50 Reba McEntire Quotes & Sayings

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

Reba McEntire

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.

Reba McEntire

At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.

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I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

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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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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.

Reba McEntire

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

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

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.

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

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And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.

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And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

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.

Reba McEntire

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.

Reba McEntire

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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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.

Reba McEntire

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

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

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Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

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

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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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Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

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It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

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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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When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

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Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

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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

I have the attention span of a 2-year-old. I like to jump from project-to-project.

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

Reba McEntire

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

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I love to sing with different people.

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I love to wear boots - and shoes, I don't like at all.

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I've never turned my back on country music.

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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.

Reba McEntire

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.

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