1. “When everything goes without a hitch, where’s the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you’re made of?” – Shania Twain
2. “When I first saw you, I saw love. from You’re Still The One.” – Shania Twain
3. “I think there’s something odd about eating another living anything.” – Shania Twain
4. “I don’t want someone photographing my cellulite – I can’t take it!” – Shania Twain
5. “Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.” – Shania Twain
6. “In fact, I am actually grateful for what I’ve gone through and wouldn’t change a thing—although I admit I wouldn’t want to live it over again, either. Once was enough.” – Shania Twain
7. “My voice is stronger today than ever.” – Shania Twain
8. “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
9. “I certainly could’ve gone off track many, many times in my youth.” – Shania Twain
10. “When you don’t come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that’s difficult to come by.” – Shania Twain
11. “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
12. “The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven’t been doing it all the time.” – Shania Twain
13. “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
14. “I don’t take any day for granted anymore.” – Shania Twain
15. “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
16. “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.” – Shania Twain
17. “I don’t want someone photographing my cellulite – I can’t take it!” – Shania Twain
18. “A happy heart comes first, then the happy face.” – Shania Twain
19. “I’m more private than people realize. I’m not that easy to get to know.” – Shania Twain
20. “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
21. “I love the role that men play in our lives.” – Shania Twain
22. “How could such a powerful animal possess so generous a temperament as to carry man obediently and thoughtfully through the ages” – Shania Twain
23. “When I’m writing music, I’m not acting it out – it’s all me. I feel that my responsibility is to be truthful about myself, first and foremost. I’m not going to sing things I don’t believe in no matter who is benefitting from it.” – Shania Twain
24. “I like being at home and cooking.” – Shania Twain
25. “So many people bare their midriffs, I don’t know why mine is such an issue.” – Shania Twain
26. “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
27. “It’s very hard to be honest with yourself when something’s just not working.” – Shania Twain
28. “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
29. “I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.” – Shania Twain
30. “Writing is very much a playground—an artistic playground. It’s the most fun thing I do.” – Shania Twain
31. “Dance With The One That Brought You” – Shania Twain
32. “You learn to accept your own reality.” – Shania Twain
33. “It’s really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.” – Shania Twain
34. “I don’t even know half the time what I’m nominated for.” – Shania Twain
35. “I enjoy sports in person.” – Shania Twain
36. “I wouldn’t call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.” – Shania Twain
37. “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
38. “Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I’m here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.” – Shania Twain
39. “It’s important to give it all you have while you have the chance.” – Shania Twain
40. “My father was a beautiful man.” – Shania Twain
41. “Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.” – Shania Twain
42. “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.” – Shania Twain
43. “Coming from where I came from, it was unimaginable to ever be wealthy. That was just too far out of my reach.” – Shania Twain
44. “I wish my parents had spent more time worrying about my education than me being a star.” – Shania Twain
45. “I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.” – Shania Twain
46. “I really can’t imagine not singing again.” – Shania Twain
47. “Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music” – Shania Twain
48. “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
49. “I feel like in a way I’m starting over, with everything.” – Shania Twain
50. “I don’t want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.” – Shania Twain
51. “If you’re not in it for love, I’m out a here.” – Shania Twain
52. “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
53. “I didn’t have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.” – Shania Twain
54. “I’m not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.” – Shania Twain
55. “I have my own opinions, but my songs don’t share them.” – Shania Twain
56. “I think it’s important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.” – Shania Twain
57. “If I hadn’t had a childhood career, I probably would’ve signed a contract with the first person I came across.” – Shania Twain
58. “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
59. “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.” – Shania Twain
60. “I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I’m doing.” – Shania Twain
61. “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
62. “In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.” – Shania Twain
63. “This job’s a pain-it’s so mundane It sure don’t stimulate my brain.” – Shania Twain
64. “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
65. “I’ve been performing my whole life.” – Shania Twain
66. “My fears and anxieties throughout my whole life have been slowly squeezing my voice.” – Shania Twain
67. “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
68. “I’m not someone who is glamorous all the time.” – Shania Twain
69. “For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn’t really enjoying my success.” – Shania Twain
70. “My life revolves around my child’s routine.” – Shania Twain
71. “Suffering does not discriminate.” – Shania Twain
72. “I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.” – Shania Twain
73. “Ain’t nothing better, we beat the odds together.” – Shania Twain
74. “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
75. “You don’t want to be outside during blackfly season.” – Shania Twain
76. “It’s more important to be comfortable with you weight, no matter what it is, as long as you are healthy and energetic to meet the personal goals and demands you have set in your life.” – Shania Twain
77. “The streets of hell are paved with good intentions.” – Shania Twain
78. “I don’t take any day for granted anymore.” – Shania Twain
79. “I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary thank goodness.” – Shania Twain
80. “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
81. “So what do you think you’re Elvis or something, whatever that don’t impress me.” – Shania Twain
82. “I’ll always be sad that my marriage ended.” – Shania Twain
83. “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
84. “I want to be successful, but I don’t really have what it takes to do it comfortably.” – Shania Twain
85. “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
86. “Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.” – Shania Twain
87. “Don’t freak out until you know the facts.” – Shania Twain
88. “I’m not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.” – Shania Twain
89. “I don’t even know half the time what I’m nominated for.” – Shania Twain