Shania Twain

Suffering does not discriminate.

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

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

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

You learn to accept your own reality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

My life revolves around my child's routine.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I like being at home and cooking.

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

I enjoy sports in person.

You can't just turn love on and off.

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

I really can't imagine not singing again.

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

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

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

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

I love the role that men play in our lives.

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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