SHANIA TWAIN

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I really can't imagine not singing again.

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'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

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 like being at home and cooking.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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