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.
Shania Twain
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 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.
I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.
When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.
Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.
Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.
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.
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.
I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.
I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.
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.
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.
If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.
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 enjoyed working at McDonald's.
I have two fathers.
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.
Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.
I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.
So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.
You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.
I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.
I like being at home and cooking.
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.
It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.
I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.
Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.
I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.
I don't take any day for granted anymore.
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.
Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.
If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.
My father was a beautiful man.
I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.
In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.
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 want romance.
I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.
My life revolves around my child's routine.
You can't just turn love on and off.
I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.
I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.
