And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.
And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.
At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.
Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.
Being sexy is kind of funny to me.
Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.
But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.
But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that's the keeper.
But, a good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart.
Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.
For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.
For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.
Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.
I always thought that was so strange that people would try to corral you and pigeonhole you in one category and not play you anywhere else.
I got tired, but the show never got old for me, and every night, a different song was my favorite. Every performance.
I had lots of breaks.
I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.
I have talked to Debbie Hammond quite a bit, Jim Hammond's wife, his widow. I've seen their kids. And last time we played Dallas, a lot of them came over. It's hard for them to come see the show. It's still hard.
I think it's a wonderful time for a woman.
I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means.
I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.
I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.
I'm more of the down-home - I guess, you know, the good-old girl.
I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.
I've tried real hard to get on different kinds, not to change from country, but to broaden my audience, because I always thought that was awfully sad that people would say, you're this or you're that, instead of you're just either good or bad, and I'll play your music or I won't.
My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy.
Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.
Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.
So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you.
So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It's a lot of fun.
So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn't like. And what they had an idea for, we didn't like. So, we went home.
That - Annie Oakley was my hero growing up.
To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.
You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.
At Reba's fiftieth birthday party, a pregnant Melissa Peterman performed a parody of "All That Jazz" called "You're Fifty!"
Reba forgot the words to "Why Haven't I Heard From You" while performing at her 1996 Fan Club Party.
2007 will mark the ninth time Reba has hosted the annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Among her hosting duties, Reba has received 41 nominations and 11 ACM awards.
Reba's favorite music video to make was "On My Own", because it allowed her to visit with her musical companions Linda Davis, Trisha Yearwood, and Martina McBride.
Reba started gathering cattle on her dad's ranch at the age of six, and competed in rodeos by the time she was eleven. After she graduated high school, Reba competed in about fifty rodeos a year.
Reba got her first bus in 1982. Before that she had been traveling in trucks, vans, and cars with horse trailers full of equipment.
On September 17, 1977 Reba performed at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. She almost didn't perform, because the Opry guard didn't see her name on the list and wouldn't let her in. Reba had to find a phone to call her booking agent, Dick Blake, so that she could be let in. On top of all that her performance was cut from two songs to one, because of a surprise appearance by Dolly Parton.
Reba was discovered by Red Stegall at the National Finals Rodeo in 1974 singing the National Anthem. She was a barrel-racer before finding success in the music business.
Reba is 5 foot 6 inches tall.
Reba had a patch of skin cancer on her forehead removed in 1993.
Appeared on "Great Performances: South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall" as Nellie Forbush, opposite Brian Stokes Mitchell.
In the 2005 CMT special of Reba's favorite videos, the fans voted Fancy number one. Reba also says that Fancy is her favorite song that she has ever recorded.
Reba's first video, was Whoever's in New England.
Reba has her own line of clothing called REBA. It is a collection of business and casual separates. They are sold via Dillard's at www.rebawear.com.
As a child Reba's nicknames included: Little Red, Rippy Toe, and RebaNeller.
Reba's favorite cartoon characters include Casper and the Jetsons.
Reba's favorite fruit is apples.
Reba has always admired Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.
Reba has stated that her dream duet partners are Alan Jackson and George Strait.
Reba's favorite sport to play is golf.
Reba's favorite sport is horseracing.
Reba's favorite color is turquoise.
Reba's favorite actress is Meryl Streep and her favorite actor is Kurt Russell
Reba's dress size is a 2 and her shoe size is a 7.5
Reba has won the American Music Award for Favorite Female Country singer 10 times.
Reba won the "Female Vocalist of the Year" award from the Country Music Association 4 years in a row; the first was in 1984.
In 1995 Reba was inducted into the hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Reba attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in December of 1976; majoring in Elementary Education and minoring in Music.
One of Reba's sisters, Susie Luchsinger, is a Christian music star.
Reba performed for the first time behind a microphone when she was in the first grade. She performed Away in A Manger during a Christmas program in the high school gymnasium.
Reba has a home north of Lebannon TN on the Cumberland River.
Reba's album Room To Breathe went platinum.
Reba had 33 #1 songs and 29 albums.
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