Shania Twain's Quotes

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

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.

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

I've been performing my whole life.

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

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

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

It's very hard to be honest with yourself when something's just not working.

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

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

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

My father was a beautiful man.

My fears and anxieties throughout my whole life have been slowly squeezing my voice.

My life revolves around my child's routine.

My music must reflect whatever's going on in my mind, and my life needs to evolve for me to discover who it is I'm becoming.

My voice is stronger today than ever.

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

Suffering does not discriminate.

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.

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

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

You can't just turn love on and off.

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

You learn to accept your own reality.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

There was a time when I was - after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might - this might have just been 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

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.

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

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

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

I enjoy sports in person.

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.

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

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.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

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

I really can't imagine not singing again.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

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.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

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

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

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