What's meant to be will always find a way.
Trisha Yearwood
When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.
I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.
I'm not saying I don't enjoy the days that I'm not eating chocolate cake. But I do particularly like those days when I am eating chocolate cake.
It's not about giving back if you're successful or a celebrity or how much money you have: it's about your responsibility as an adult to help others.
The most important thing I want to get across is that maintaining weight loss is just hard. It takes a dedication to exercise and eating right most of the time.
If you're doing this because you feel like you have a burning desire to do it, then you'll find a way to do it, no matter what. If you're doing this because you're thinking, 'Hey, this will be really cool. I'll be famous. I'll be on YouTube,' then you'll probably quit, because it's not easy to do for the long haul.
Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger.
Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.
I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.
People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.
I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.
One that I know people really like is my Crock-Pot mac and cheese. It's comfort food that's good for Super Bowl parties and easy to make.
Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.
I don't interest myself that much.
The reality is that you think you're going to have all this time out here, to do all this stuff, and the truth of the matter is, you just don't. If we're on the road, and we stay in the city we're in, I'm going to try to get up in the morning and get a workout in.
I like a gooey cookie.
When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.
I'd been doing circuit training and Pilates for years, but I was not consistent with food. I'm not a disciplined person. I was indulging all the time.
I was raised Southern, where every meal had meat on table, but I don't eat that way in life. I've been experimenting with a lot of vegetarian and vegan food.
I'm as surprised as anybody. I never would have thought I'd be here talking about having a cooking show on the Food Network. It wasn't on my list of things, but it's fun, and I'm having a good time.
If you record a song that you love, then you're going to win.
Of course, I want to sell records, and of course I want to get played on radio, but it has to be about making the record that I'm proud of.
When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.
When we got married - almost 10 years ago now - we made a commitment to really be together, which means we hardly ever spend a night apart. And being madly in love is important, but I think it's equally important to be in deep like! I like this guy... we talk about everything, and we laugh a lot. Life is good!
Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.
I think about food all the time, so making peace with eating is a daily battle for me. I won't say I've completely figured it out, but I will say that right now, I win that battle more days than I lose it, and I believe that's the key.
My mom and sister and I all cook.
We play everybody's Christmas records at our house, and sometimes you think, 'I'm not gonna play my own record; I'd be embarrassed.' But I'm gonna play our record this Christmas, because I love the songs!
When people say, 'You seem so grounded; you seem so normal,' I think it's the way I was raised and the way my sister and I were brought up by our parents.
Every health expert tells you to eat breakfast. I had the mentality, 'I'll save those calories!' But then you are starving, and you overeat.
I have a lot of friends who, especially in Tennessee, were looking forward to getting married who wanted to wait until it was legal in the state that they live in to get married.
I have not heard a Martha Stewart album yet. But, you know, it could happen.
I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.
You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.
If you believe in astrology, I'm a Virgo, so I'm very controlling; I'm very neat, and I'm very organized.
Potato salad is very personal: everyone makes theirs differently.
I was an A student and I liked creative writing.
I never want to record something that I'm not proud of just because I think it might be a big hit. There's no positive about that because if you record a song you hate and it's a big hit, then you're singing a song every night that you hate. And if you record a song that you hate and it isn't a hit, then you sold out for no reason.
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.
I want to sing because I want to sing.
When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.
I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.
My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.
It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.
And one of the reasons that I wrote the cook books was so that I could be at home more than being on the road.
We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.
For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.
Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.
