Shania Twain Quotes

It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique.

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

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.

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

Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.

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

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 think there's something odd about eating another living anything.

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

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

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.

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

You learn to accept your own reality

The best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun!

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.

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.

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.

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

I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.

You have to set your own boundaries. We all do. You have to self-check. At the same time, the transparency is liberating. It is so much easier than screening every little thing you do and say. There's got to be some fluidity to self-expression without constantly editing things. The older I get, the more confident I feel in that. The filters are just flung away... lets face it, filters interrupt the flow of sincerity. If you're embarrassed about something you've done, then just say it.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

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'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

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

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

Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with 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'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.

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

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

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing.

One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question.

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

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.

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

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?

This job's a pain-it's so mundane It sure don't stimulate my brain.

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

Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.

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 like being at home and cooking.

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

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

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

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

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

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

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