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From Faith Hill:
"She brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced." "I've always
defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down."
From Dolly Parton:
"Shania Twain is great, because she's smart and she's absolutely beautiful, and she writes these unbelievable songs.
She's got a very commercial beat on the public. She knows what men want; she knows what women want. She knows how to do a
song without offending anyone."
“Her mom was a fan of mine she said. And that’s kind of how
she got turned on to my music. Listening to that...she looked up to me. I was her mentor. She tells me stuff
like that and it makes me tear up, because you never know what you’re gonna mean to anybody.”
“When Shania Twain first came on the scene...well everybody was talking about this beautiful
girl...the thing I was most intriguesd with was her small little waste I thought know people always talk about my waste and
I thought ‘there’s a girl after my own heart.’”
“I think Shania’s songs really get to the heart of the matter. She seems to know what women think and she has a lot of heart in her songs.
I think she’s one of our great writers not just girl writers.
“They
were trying to crucify her when...you know...she hadn’t done anything wrong. I
think she knew she could be very versitile. And I don’t think she was trying
to be honky tonk or you know just Twang-Twang country...Twain-Twang maybe...but actually I think that people just didn’t
get it.”
“But the fact that she looks like she does...that great face, that great body, those great songs, that great
voice, that great production...I mean, how could she lose.”
“I think Shania mellowed a lot when she had her baby. A lot of people
don’t want to think of their sex symbols having babies or even being married, but I think it’s worked well on
her.”
From Toby Keith:
"She had a vision for what she wanted to go do, and anything less than achieving that was half-assed to her."
"Here she is, completely ignored by the CMA this year, and yet there she was singing on the show. Then she seeks me out
to talk. We talked about a lot of things, she asked about my family, and things that are really important. She's just a class
act."
From Vince Gill:
“Thirty-five million records. I’ve been working for thirty
years and I haven’t done that good [laughs]!”
“That first video,
it’s so obvious to be, ‘wow, who’s she.’ I’m a
guy!”
“I was hostin’
the show and she won, I went back out and said, ‘well that oughta shut everybody up!”
From Reba McEntire:
"She's been at the top of the charts for two years, and she still hasn't gotten the pats on the back that she deserves."
"Thank God for Shania. She changed that mindset. Leave it to Shania to shake things
up!"
"Shania is not only a beatiful woman, a talented
singer, a wonderful entertainer, she is a great friend... I count myself blessed that she is country, when she could easily
sing anything she wanted to!"
From Billy Currington:
“And I think havin’ hard times as a kid and growin’ up poor...Ithink it makes you so hungary to change
the way you live. I think it makes you wanna work harder and stick it out more
than someone who has had those things.”
“Shania has definately set an example, saying there is no limits on creating music: how to do it, who to do it with, where to do it. So I think
she’s opened up other artists minds.”
From Kelsi of SheDaisy:
"I don't think the (Dixie) Chicks have opened any doors for us. The biggest door opener for us has been Shania Twain
and her style of country."
From Tim McGraw:
"What hasn't she done for country music, and what hasn't she done for females in country music? She deserves everything
she gets, absolutely."
From Emerson Drive:
"First of all just being around Shania Twain and her whole crew is just been fantastic,"
says Brad Mapes. "And what's striking is just the quality of people with her and how great, down-to-earth people they are.
From the musicians in her band, to the techs around the stage they make us feel a part of the show and not just the opening
act. Many times the guys with would tell us, 'Hey you guys this is your show too, we're all a part of this together,' so we
feel part of that big family that whole Shania Twain entourage and it's just great."
From Terri Clark:
"Shania Twain is a great artist, and she's created so much knowledge about and
brought so many people to country music that maybe didn't like it before who maybe have discovered my records or other people's
records who they wouldn't have stumbled upon in that section of the store if they weren't going to buy one of hers. I try
not to look at it like that. And of course part of me is like, 'Here it comes, I'm not going to get anything next year.”
From Wynonna Judd:
"The first chance I had to connect with Shania I did. Invited her on the bus. We
sat and talked wonderful girl talk for a half hour. I found her to be delightful. Very buoyant, very smart and very positive."
From Loretta Lynn:
“What I like about Shania is she writes story songs, like I Do. And Dolly
Does. She writes from her heart. And the Suits in Nashville don’t know what to do about her. All I know is that she
can sing with me any day of the week.”
From Gretchen Wilson:
"I saw an interview with Shania Twain where she was accused of being too pop. She
said, 'People can call it what they want, but I'm doing what I love, and this is what I am.' I thought that was a perfect
answer, 'cause that's what it's all about. You've got to make yourself happy with your music and put down what represents
you the best.”
From Jamie O' Neal:
"The thing about Shania Twain and artists that get to reach that large an audience
is that people want to reach out and touch that person. They want to get to know the person. Shania has that appeal. She's
the kind of girl that seems like she'd go horseback riding or cook you dinner or something like that."
From Trace Adkins:
"Shania brought sexuality just so much to the forefront. And I, for one, have thoroughly
enjoyed it."
From Garth Brooks:
"I was proud of her and congratulated her on her accomplishment, and the way it's selling, it's going to keep getting
bigger and bigger. But I liked it when No Fences was the largest-selling country album. With no offense at all to Shania Twain,
I would like No Fences to be the largest-selling country album of all time."
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