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" I'm not the singing cookbook lady. "
Trisha Yearwood
Singing
Lady
Cookbook
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" I never want to record something that I'm not proud of just because I think it might be a big hit. There's no positive about that because if you record a song you hate and it's a big hit, then you're singing a song every night that you hate. And if you record a song that you hate and it isn't a hit, then you sold out for no reason. "
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" I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back. "
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" 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. "
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" Martha Stewart was the one who really did show everybody that you can do everything. "
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" It's always a balance, and sometimes I'm on the good side of that scale, and sometimes I'm on the bad side. "
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" 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. "
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" I gotta say, I'm a huge Chris Stapleton fan. "
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" The thing that people have said over and over again, especially people who don't cook, is, 'I watch your show, the food makes me hungry, and I think I can make that.' That's exciting because we've heard that a lot of people watch cooking shows but don't make the food. "
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" Potato salad is very personal: everyone makes theirs differently. "
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Everyone
Personal
" You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens. "
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" The reality is that you think you're going to have all this time out here, to do all this stuff, and the truth of the matter is, you just don't. If we're on the road, and we stay in the city we're in, I'm going to try to get up in the morning and get a workout in. "
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Morning
" Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera. "
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Nobody
" I was an A student and I liked creative writing. "
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" 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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" Music is so intimate and so personal that when you can find somebody that feels the same way about it that you do, it's magic. It can be. It really can be. "
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" 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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" 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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" I get up in the morning. I usually do a radio interview early in the morning. I usually do a book signing, because I'm also a cookbook author, so I'm at some store, at a Walmart or a Williams Sonoma, for three hours, standing up, signing autographs, and taking pictures for three hours. "
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" Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right. "
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" 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. "
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" When we got married - almost 10 years ago now - we made a commitment to really be together, which means we hardly ever spend a night apart. And being madly in love is important, but I think it's equally important to be in deep like! I like this guy... we talk about everything, and we laugh a lot. Life is good! "
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" I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.' "
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" 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. "
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