Shania Twain Quotes

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“I feel like in a way I’m starting over, with everything.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“It’s important to give it all you have while you have the chance.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I’d like to see the Olympics live. I’ve only watched it on television.”

― Shania Twain

“My father was a beautiful man.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“You can’t just turn love on and off.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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

“I have arm-wrestled here and there… guys seem to want to test my strength.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“Writing is very much a playground – an artistic playground. It’s the most fun thing I do.”

― Shania Twain

“I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I’m doing.”

― Shania Twain

“I’m more private than people realize. I’m not that easy to get to know.”

― Shania Twain

“I don’t want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I feel sexy when I get out of the tub – your skin is fresh and you’ve put up your hair without looking.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“I’ll always be sad that my marriage ended.”

― Shania Twain

“My voice is stronger today than ever.”

― Shania Twain

“You don’t want to be outside during blackfly season.”

― Shania Twain

“I enjoyed working at McDonald’s.”

― Shania Twain

“I certainly could’ve gone off track many, many times in my youth.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“I love music.”

― Shania Twain

“I have two fathers.”

― Shania Twain

“I want romance.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I’ve been performing my whole life.”

― Shania Twain

“I enjoy sports in person.”

― Shania Twain

“I played a lot of football when I was younger. I’m a good receiver, actually.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I don’t want someone photographing my cellulite – I can’t take it!”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“I’m like everybody else.”

― Shania Twain

“My life revolves around my child’s routine.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“Suffering does not discriminate.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“It’s very hard to concentrate when your stomach’s rumbling.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“You learn to accept your own reality.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I’m not someone who is glamorous all the time.”

― Shania Twain

“I’m always soul searching on a spiritual level.”

― Shania Twain

“I love the role that men play in our lives.”

― Shania Twain

“I have my own opinions, but my songs don’t share them.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I really can’t imagine not singing again.”

― Shania Twain

“It’s very hard to be honest with yourself when something’s just not working.”

― Shania Twain

“I don’t take any day for granted anymore.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“I like being at home and cooking.”

― Shania Twain

“I’ve succeeded as far as I’m concerned – I don’t feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“I think it’s important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain

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

― Shania Twain

“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.”

― Shania Twain