Trisha Yearwood Quotes & Sayings

#1. 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.

#2. I don't need to be 19 years old or starve myself for some weight or turn men's heads down that road. And thank God I finally know that.

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#3. 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.

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#4. Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.

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#5. I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

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#6. I don't interest myself that much.

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#7. When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

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#8. She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.

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#9. You know, really - actually, it's funny because it's a sore spot with me because I have all these recipes that, you know, you have to measure things out and put them in. And then you bake it and it becomes this thing. And it's not a recipe.

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#10. 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.

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#11. 'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

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#12. I always want to sing, but I don't always want to be trying to have No. 1 records. I don't think you can do it forever. I don't know what the time span of that is going to be. I want to sing because I want to sing.

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#13. 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.

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#14. It's for balance, if you want to do that. But the truth is that we all know how we're supposed to eat. And so if you have fried chicken and mashed potatoes and white gravy, then the next day you have, like a grape and you're totally evened out and you're good.

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#15. 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.

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#16. I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

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#17. Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

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#18. I like a gooey cookie.

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#19. For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.

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#20. My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

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#21. People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

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#22. I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

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#23. There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

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#24. I'm like it's - it's like taking out whatever you have in your fridge and putting it in a bowl and eating it.

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#25. I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

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#26. Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

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#27. Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.

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