Top 80 Reba McEntire Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Also, any older song, especially any World War II songs remind me of Mama. She goes around the house either whistling or singing all the time. It drives my sister Alice crazy when we’re playing games and Mama does that while it’s Alice’s turn!”

— Reba McEntire

52. “You don’t waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.”

— Reba McEntire

53. “Waiting makes me restless. When I’m ready, I’m ready.”

— Reba McEntire

54. “Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.”

— Reba McEntire

55. “Life’s supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.”

— Reba McEntire

56. “And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.”

— Reba McEntire

57. “And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.”

— Reba McEntire

58. “Mama is funny. She has a great sense of humor and loves a good joke. Loves a practical joke, too.”

— Reba McEntire

59. “I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in ’74.”

— Reba McEntire

60. “So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It’s a lot of fun.”

— Reba McEntire

61. “For no. 1, it’s great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it’s great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just – it was just like we were all meant to be there together.”

— Reba McEntire

62. “Get as much out of life as you possibly can with all the passion that goes with it. Then give it back with all the love and respect it deserves.”

— Reba McEntire

63. “I don’t think there’s ever been a point in my career where I’ve said, ‘I’ve made it.’ What does that mean, ‘I’ve made it?’ Made it to what? If you say, ‘I’ve made it.’ then are you finished? I don’t want to be finished. I don’t want to quit.”

— Reba McEntire

64. “But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that’s the keeper.”

— Reba McEntire

65. “At this time when I turn 50, because so there’s many of my friends and family who didn’t get to see 50-years-old, and so, I’m celebrating for them too.”

— Reba McEntire

66. “I think it’s a wonderful time for a woman.”

— Reba McEntire

67. “When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves – and maybe a smile.”

— Reba McEntire

68. “Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.”

— Reba McEntire

69. “It’s funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.”

— Reba McEntire

70. “I totally love to act. I don’t care if it’s a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.”

— Reba McEntire

71. “You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.”

— Reba McEntire

72. “I think it’s the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I’m not ashamed of that by any means.”

— Reba McEntire

73. “You’ve got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.”

— Reba McEntire

74. “Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn’t mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn’t know about why it happened.”

— Reba McEntire

75. “Fame is a mind – a way of thinking about things. It’s all in your mind.”

— Reba McEntire

76. “So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn’t like. And what they had an idea for, we didn’t like. So, we went home.”

— Reba McEntire

77. “But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It’s like listening to a song – I mean, a story. If you’re going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don’t want to make them up.”

— Reba McEntire

78. “I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.”

— Reba McEntire

79. “To me, there’s two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.”

— Reba McEntire

80. “I love to sing with different people.”

— Reba McEntire

81. “I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they’d do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.”

— Reba McEntire

82. “I have the attention span of a 2-year-old. I like to jump from project-to-project.”

— Reba McEntire

83. “I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.”

— Reba McEntire

84. “I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.”

— Reba McEntire

85. “And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.”

— Reba McEntire

86. “I’ve never really done this. Now I know what scared is.”

— Reba McEntire

87. “I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.”

— Reba McEntire