Words matter. These are the best Trisha Yearwood Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’m 47, You learn life is short and it’s not worth doing something if you don’t enjoy it.
I like a gooey cookie.
We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.
You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.
I gotta say, I’m a huge Chris Stapleton fan.
My mom and sister and I all cook.
I want to sing because I want to sing.
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.
I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.
What I’ve learned, traveling the country and doing book signings, Mama’s biscuits – you know, somebody in Montana’s got their version of Mama’s biscuits, somebody in California’s got their version – so it made me realize that we’re not as regionalized as we think we are.
I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.
I have to say, I’ve never been the girl that’s had the five-year plan, the 10-year plan, and I’m still not.
I’m not saying I don’t enjoy the days that I’m not eating chocolate cake. But I do particularly like those days when I am eating chocolate cake.
Of course, I want to sell records, and of course I want to get played on radio, but it has to be about making the record that I’m proud of.
I love cookbooks, and I have a ton. I have shelves of cookbooks.
You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.
I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they’re either too complicated or there’s an ingredient in there that I can’t find.
Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.
I don’t sign every check anymore, but I have my checks, my balances. I like the people I work with very much, but I check on them.
I wrote a book with my mom and my sister for fun. I had no idea it would be a ‘New York Times’ bestseller.
I don’t interest myself that much.
You sign your life away, basically, when you sign a record deal, and if you have a platinum album, then you go back in and renegotiate.
It’s cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn’t sound too bad.
You find what makes you happy, and it’s usually being with the person you want to be with.
As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.
My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I’d love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.
I’d been doing circuit training and Pilates for years, but I was not consistent with food. I’m not a disciplined person. I was indulging all the time.
I hope I never have to pick between all these things I get to do.
And one of the reasons that I wrote the cook books was so that I could be at home more than being on the road.
I get satisfaction out of making a meal for people that I love and having them enjoy it. But there’s not really anything in my life that I do that’s just for me that feeds my soul like music does.
Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it’s definitely music.
Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.
I lost my mom to breast cancer about three years ago, and it has changed me forever.
The best thing that I bring in my live show is that it’s not scripted. It’s more of a conversation with my audience. And that’s what people like about the show – it’s very real. There are mistakes and laughter.
When you’re sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.
I wanted to be Cher for a long time, but not for the singing. I just thought she was so cool. I wanted her long hair, and I wanted to weigh five pounds.
Music, from the time I was probably about five years old, was my obsession. I was going to say ‘passion,’ but I really was obsessed; I really didn’t want to do anything else.
When people say, ‘You seem so grounded; you seem so normal,’ I think it’s the way I was raised and the way my sister and I were brought up by our parents.
I was an A student and I liked creative writing.
It’s always a balance, and sometimes I’m on the good side of that scale, and sometimes I’m on the bad side.
The first award I ever won was for Best New Artist from the ACMs, so they always will hold a special place in my heart.
When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I’d be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
I’m just trying to be the next Trisha Yearwood.
Martha Stewart was the one who really did show everybody that you can do everything.
People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.
I’m like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.
I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I’m the most surprised person of all.
I have adopted an 80/20 rule when it comes to my delicate relationship with food: 80 percent of the time, I make good choices; 20 percent of the time, I let myself splurge a little.
If I start trying to make a record for what I think could possibly get played on radio, I’m dead.
One that I know people really like is my Crock-Pot mac and cheese. It’s comfort food that’s good for Super Bowl parties and easy to make.