Shania Twain Quotes

I deeply believe that everything is relative. We need the bad to appreciate the good, and vice versa. We need something unexpected to happen in order for us to realize that everything was expected. It's our relation to those things that we are able to decide how we feel and the level of intensity of those feelings. Such is relativity

I don't want someone photographing my cellulite - I can't take it!

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words

If foundations made of stone can turn to dust, then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust.

I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now.

This could be it, I think I'm in love. It's love this time ... It just seems to fit, I think I'm in love ... This love is mine.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

'I love to cook. Very healthy eating ... ' Twain also forgoes meat, dairy, and eggs. 'Nothing,' she declares, 'that had to die.'

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot and will take a different approach. He'll take an acoustic approach to them; he'll rearrange them for the live stage.

I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely.

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.

I'm more private than people realize. I'm not that easy to get to know.

And it only hurts when I'm breathing
My heart only breaks when it's beating
My dreams only die when I'm dreaming
So, I hold my breath
to forget

How could such a powerful animal possess so generous a temperament as to carry man obediently and thoughtfully through the ages

Suffering does not discriminate.

You are the one, I think I'm in love ... life has begun.

I can still hear the words you whispered when you told me I can stay right here forever in your arms from Forever and for Always

I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.

It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

The streets of hell are paved with good intentions.

My father was a beautiful man.

If you're not in it for love, I'm out a here.

I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air.

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.

I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything.

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'
They said "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holdin' on
We're still together still goin' strong

I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.

Life unravels the way it does, and it has an effect on you, but you have to take responsibility for dealing with it.

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.

I wish my parents had spent more time worrying about my education than me being a star.

I wanted to die. I had a panic attack.

You can't just turn love on and off.

I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such a name. I'm sure he must've thought that was quite funny. He must've known from that autograph, right off the bat, that I had no idea who he was.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond.

I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.

Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

I enjoyed working at McDonald's.

I have arm-wrestled here and there ... guys seem to want to test my strength.

The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.

Coming from where I came from, it was unimaginable to ever be wealthy. That was just too far out of my reach.

I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

My life revolves around my child's routine.

I don't even know half the time what I'm nominated for.

If I were the moon, I could
catch your eye--I'm jealous of the moon
If I were the wind, I would
make you fly--I'm jealous of that too

I wish I were the sun shining
on your face--caressing like a lover
I would wrap you in a warm embrace--
we'd be holdin' one another
(I'm jealous of the sun)
I'm jealous of the sun
(Jealous of the sun) Oh,
I'm jealous of the sun

Oh, I don't wanna share you with
nothing else--I gotta have you to myself
Oh--I can't help it--I'm so in love--
I just can't get you close enough, no

[Chorus:]
When the sun's on your skin--
I can't hold it in
And I know it's a sin--
but I'm jealous of the sun

I wish I were the rain runnin' down your
neck--and drippin' from your fingers
Then I could be the drops rollin' off your
back--I'd love to let it linger
(Jealous of the rain) Oh,
I'm jealous of the rain

Oh, I don't wanna share you with nothing
else--I gotta have you to myself
Oh--I can't help it--I'm so in love--
I just can't get you close enough, no

[Chorus:]
When it rains on your face--
I almost can taste
Your beauty, your grace--
I'm jealous of the rain

[Instrumental Solo]

[Chorus:]
When the wind's in your hair--
the way it blows through the air
Oh, it's seems so unfair, yeah

Ain't nothing better, we beat the odds together.

You want me to describe Elvis, WOW.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

Even when life hits you like a Mack truck that's come out of nowhere, there is still a chance that you will survive, and although the road to recover may be slow, long, and even permanent, this doesn't mean you can't enjoy the rest of your life and be happy again.

You learn to accept your own reality.

I have two fathers.

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before ... Anonymous author

My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I'm not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

I'll always be there
I'd give anything and everything
And I will always care
Through weekness and strength
Happiness and sorrow
For better or for worse
I will love you
With every beat of my heart.

My divorce was like a death - a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was like, tell me theres some way we can save this. We can save this, right?

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

When everything goes without a hitch, where's the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you're made of?

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

A happy heart comes first, then the happy face.

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.

When I first saw you, I saw love. from You're Still The One

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

I really can't imagine not singing again.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

When I cook him dinner and I burn it black, he better say hmmm, I like it like that.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

Sad beyound words that Prince is gone. To me he was one of the greatest music heroes- a true genius.There will never be another Prince.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

I've been performing my whole life.

When I first saw you, I saw love
And the first time you touched me, I felt love
And after all this time,
You're still the one I love.

I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing.

So what do you think you're Elvis or something, whatever that don't impress me.

I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.

There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear.

When the world wants too much
And it feels cold and out of touch
It's a beautiful place
When you kiss my face
from The Woman In Me

I wanted to do a summary of my life and career. There's been so many different looks, and so many types of songs that have become iconic, so it was just kind of fun to look back on everything

I like being at home and cooking.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.