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QUOTES FROM TANYA
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Throughout her career, outspoken Tanya has
never shied away from the tough questions.
Here are some classic Tucker quotes:
On her longevity as a performer: "They call
me Tanya Timex. Takes a lickin’ and keeps on
tickin'. If everything gets to you, you
probably won't last too long in this
business. I'm not going to take it lying
down. If someone's going to run over me with
a truck, they're going to do it while I'm
standing." (Fresno Bee, Dec. 6, 2002)
On her childhood in Willcox, Ariz.,
birthplace of singing cowboy Rex Allen, and
how it influenced her music: "The history of
this area is rich and filled with amazing
tales that are told and retold by locals. I
think my love of the storytelling tradition
in song and all things Western is rooted
right there in Sulphur Springs Valley."
(Tucker’s 1997 autobiography, Nickel
Dreams)
On her early musical influences: "The whole
family listened to music on the radio. We
loved Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn, Wanda
Jackson, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank
Williams ... and Frank Sinatra. I always
loved him." (Nickel Dreams)
On her alto voice: "Once I understood what
my voice would and would not do, singing was
as easy as shooting fish in a barrel." (Nickel
Dreams)
On her efforts to break into country music
as a pre-adolescent: "My dad asked Roy Acuff,
'What would you do if you had a 9-year-old
kid that wants to get started in the
business?' He looked at me, shook my hand,
and said, 'Darling, go back home, go to
school, get married and bring your kids to
see me sometime.' You know that would have
been great advice for most people, but it
wasn't good advice for me." (Dallas
Morning News, Oct. 3, 2002)
On country immortal Ernest Tubb, who met
12-year-old Tanya and was so impressed by
her that he invited her to sing a duet of
"Sweet Thang," his hit with Loretta Lynn:
"Getting on stage with people like Ernest
Tubb made me more determined to be a
professional singer." (Nickel Dreams)
On her first producer, Billy Sherrill, who
heard Bette Midler sing "Delta Dawn" and
decided that 14-year-old Tanya could make it
into a hit: "I'll go to my grave thanking
whatever angel got Billy to tune into the
Johnny Carson show that night." (Nickel
Dreams)
On her 1974 hit, "Would You Lay With Me (On
a Field of Stone)," which was banned by some
country radio stations because the title
sounded too suggestive: "Some preachers were
using the song as an example of how country
music was getting as evil as rock 'n' roll."
(Nickel Dreams)
On her youthful attraction to rock 'n' roll:
"What I especially liked about rock concerts
was the audience. They were young and
energetic … I was beginning to wonder how I
could expand my live show and get that same
response from a country crowd."(Nickel
Dreams)
On her hard-partying lifestyle and drug use
in the 1980s, which made her a regular
subject of supermarket tabloid headlines:
"People love to read about people like me.
They don't like to read about people who
never do anything wrong, never say anything
wrong, have never been to a wild party.
People like me sell magazines. The
(National) Enquirer makes a fortune off
people like me." (Los Angeles Times,
Nov. 28, 1989)
On having three children out of wedlock: "I
had to do the things that were right for me.
They might not be right for someone else,
but I felt like I had to make the decision
that I think that I could live with. I
wouldn't do anything any different. I would
make the same decisions today that I made
then." (Dallas Morning News, Oct. 3,
2002)
On the night in Nashville in 1997 when, in
the course of an evening with Dateline
NBC co-anchor Stone Phillips, she lifted
her sweater and flashed a roomful of
music-industry people: "A Tanya moment.
Sorry ya missed it." (People Weekly,
April 7, 1997)
On her adult struggles with panic attacks
and depression: "The more people told me
that, you know, wow, you should be so
blessed. Don't you feel blessed? You have
all this — a mansion and all these beautiful
things. The more they told me that, the more
depressed I got. At one point I didn't get
out of bed for three months, and I went down
to the bottom of the hill one day and I had
to call somebody to get me because I
couldn't physically walk up the hill." (Larry
King Live, April 30, 2005)
On Helen Reddy’s version of "Delta Dawn,"
recorded after Tanya had a country top 10
hit with the song: "I think mine was
better." (Associated Press, June 12, 1987)
On her pal, rising country star Gretchen
Wilson, sings in her hit song, "Redneck
Woman", that she "knows the words to every
Tanya Tucker song": "Hey, she's lying out
her ass. I asked her to sing me one of my
songs the other day, and she didn't know a
damn word of it!" (Entertainment Weekly,
Oct. 29, 2004)
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Tanya
Tucker was the first country artist to make the cover of Rolling
Stone Magazine!
Did You Know?
Tanya won the CMA Female
Vocalist Of The Year Award & gave birth to her son Beau Grayson, BOTH on the
same day, October 2, 1991!!
Did You
Know?
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2/17/1995...Tanya
Tucker celebrated five gold albums with, "What's Your Mama's Name",
"Would You Lay With Me, "Strong Enough To Bend", "Greatest Hits",
and "Tennessee Woman" in 1995!
5/13
/1972...Tanya
Tucker made her chart debut at age 13 with "Delta Dawn"
5/19/1973
....Tanya Tucker
scored her first No. 1 with "What's Your Mama's Name" in 1973
Did You Know?
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Tanya
is mentioned in the 'Looking Back' trivia section in
the
July
4th/05
issue of Country Weekly:
10 Years Ago
July 4,
1995, Country Weekly tagged along with Merle
Haggard, Loretta Lynn and
Tanya
Tucker
to the
Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival in Meridian, Miss.
June 30, 1980
Glen
Campbell and
Tanya
Tucker,
involved in a stormy relationship, make the cover of
People magazine.
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Article from Country Weekly Dec./04
10 Years
ago, 1994, Country Weekly's first-ever Christmas issue
celebrated the holidays with Tanya Tucker at her brand-new Nashville home.
The cover was a
picture of Tanya with Presley and Beau.
According to CW
Tanya had 10 fireplaces going.
Tanya quotes
from the short CW story:
"I love to see
their eyes light up on Christmas morning."
"I love giving
more than anything."
(Info Courtesy of
Country Weekly Magazine, this site takes no credit for the article)
Article From Country Weekly Dec.5th/05
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There's
a great picture of Tanya & the three kids in the
Dec. 5th edition of Country Weekly (Keith Urban on
the cover).The feature is on 'Working Moms', with
several others like Reba, Jamie O'Neal, Lee Ann
Womack, Faith Hill & more.
Nice
article & Tanya is so proud talking about her
kids...check it out.
Time to
write Country Weekly again & tell them how great it
is to see TT featured & when are they going to put
her on the cover!!
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Article From Country Weekly Mar/06
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FAMILY
TRADITION: COURTESY COUNTRY WEEKLY
Tanya Tucker
-whose 40 Top 10 hits include "Delta Dawn" and "If
It Don't Come Easy" - has three children who share
the spotlight with their legendary mom on the
reality show 'Tuckerville'.
Presley, 16
"I always
knew from the time I was really young that my life
was different from other kids, but I loved it. The
friends that I've become really close with don't
treat me any different. It's hard to be around
people I don't know really well, and wonder if they
like me for who I am.
There's a
lot of pressure, but I think that's the only way to
get me where I want to be: a great musical artist.
I want to be well-rounded, be able to pick up an
instrument and play it, and belt out a song. I
think my mom is trying to get me there. I look up
to my mom. I think that's where I want to be.
Grayson, 14
"Growing
up, I knew that I was different, and my mom was
different. And I liked that. I've had good
friends, and it never really mattered what my mom
did or what theirs did for a living.
"A lot of
people judge famous people's sons, because they
can't sing - or they can sing. It doesn't really
matter to me, because I'm gonna do my own thing and
do it my own way. People will like me for that,
hopefully."
Layla, 6
"Mama
sings good, and she's pretty. When I grow up, I
want to sing, too."
letters@countryweekly.com
Article From Country Weekly April 9/07
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There's a nice piece about Tanya &
the balancing act many Moms in
Country Music have in the April 9th
edition of Country Weekly, here it
is:
(Quote): "There was a time in my
life that my career came first. But
when I made the decision to bring
children into my life, that all had
to change. Occasionally I have to
cancel my professional engagements
in order to be there for my
children. Last week at CRS (Country
Radio Seminar) Layla (age7)
developed a 103 temperature and I
had to put the business of being
Tanya Tucker aside and be Layla's
mom." (Unquote)
If you'd like to let Country Weekly
know you enjoyed the article about
TT, email them at
letters@countryweekly.com
Tanya Helps Out A Friend!
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Tanya Tucker helps out a
friend
Tanya Tucker called on
friends such as Pam Tillis,
Billy Dean, Michael Peterson
and David Frizzell to join
her in Tuesday's benefit at
French Quarter Cafe for
Brandon Sean McGuiness.
Brandon, 25, is the son
of Tanya's longtime friend
T.C. "The Salsa Lady"
Brandon, who lives here.
Brandon, who has been
battling Hodgkin's lymphoma
since 2004, is in a
California hospital
preparing for a bone marrow
transplant and has bills
topping $1 million.
"I want to do anything I can
to help him out. I've called
on a few on my music
friends, and it's an
opportunity to give back; we
have been blessed so much,"
Tanya says. "It makes me
thank the Lord in heaven for
blessing me with healthy
children."
If you would like to help,
send checks to me made out
to Brandon Sean McGuiness.
I'll make sure they get to
the Bank of America account
established for him.
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