Shania Twain quotes:

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.

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 really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.

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

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

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

Coming from where I came from, it was unimaginable to ever be wealthy. That was just too far out of my reach.

My father was a beautiful man.

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

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

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

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 love the role that men play in our lives.

You learn to accept your own reality.

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.

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

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

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

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

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

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

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.

A happy heart comes first, then the happy face.

I love to cook. Very healthy eating. I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. Nothing that had to die.I think there's something odd about eating another living anything.

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

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.

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

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?

I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such a name. I'm sure he must've thought that was quite funny. He must've known from that autograph, right off the bat, that I had no idea who he was.

I wanted to die. I had a panic attack.

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

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

My life revolves around my child's routine.

I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now. I eat a lot of tofu, and I drink soy shakes with fruit every morning. I always have soybeans, black beans, or chickpeas for lunch or dinner

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.

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

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

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

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

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

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.

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.

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

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.

You can't just turn love on and off.

I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.

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

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

My voice is stronger today than ever.

Ain't nothin' better We beat the odds together I'm glad we didn't listen Look at what we would be missin' They said "I bet they'll never make it" But just look at us holdin' on We're still together still goin' strong

Ain't nothing better, we beat the odds together.

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

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

Designing a tour is a daily thing. I work on it every day for several months. I'm involved with every department, from lighting, sound, music direction, the visual direction. The set list is something I create myself and that's the root of everything

Don't freak out until you know the facts.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

I can still hear the words you whispered when you told me I can stay right here forever in your arms from Forever and for Always

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

I don't even know half the time what I'm nominated for.

I don't have to worry about what people are thinking and what's going on in the industry. I don't want that stuff to influence what I'm doing. Because I think it stifles you creatively. I don't want to have to care too much about that. All I care about is what the fans think. It's really all I care about, honestly.

I don't take any day for granted anymore.

I don't want someone photographing my cellulite - I can't take it!

I enjoy sports in person.

I enjoyed working at McDonald's.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

I like being at home and cooking.

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

I love to cook.. but nothing that had to die.

I really can't imagine not singing again.

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

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

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

I want to be successful, but I don't really have what it takes to do it comfortably.

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

I was not naturally meant to be on stage.

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

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party.

If foundations made of stone can turn to dust, then the hardest hearts of steel can turn to rust.

If you're not in it for love, I'm out a here.

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.

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

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

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 going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.

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

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

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

I've been performing my whole life.

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape

My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I'm not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

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

Sad beyound words that Prince is gone. To me he was one of the greatest music heroes- a true genius.There will never be another Prince.

So what do you think you're Elvis or something, whatever that don't impress me.