I'm passionate about my fans and my shows. But my biggest reward in the success that is my life are my husband and kids.
— Celine Dion
I love beautiful things. I'm not into art so much, like paintings.
I'm not looking for career attention, for more success, more money. I'm just singing songs I chose because I love them.
When you are surrounded by children, the child in you comes back.
I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.
I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.
I didn't have any of those good assets to have successful teenage years. It was hard. And what saved me was definitely my whole family. I knew where I was coming from and where I was going to.
I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.
My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.
It's really all about family, love and the children for me. I work at that every day.
My kids give me the balance to live right.
I don't know if the camera likes me, but I do like the camera.
I have to say that when you tour the world, obviously, the jetlags and different hours and ways of living and traveling, a lot of hours in the plane, and you wake up in the morning and you're not quite sure where you are, and it is very tiring.
The first song that I ever recorded was written by my mother.
My child was not only carried by me, but by the universe.
There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.
I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially, the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate.
I worked really hard, and I surpassed myself... I didn't have, visually, what it took. I was not pretty, I had teeth problems, and I was very skinny. I didn't fit the mold.
When I hear something that comes from me that makes me fall down off my chair, it's not often.
I hope, what I hope the most is to be more successful as a mother than in show business, because to be a mother is the most difficult I will ever have to do.
I only record songs that touch me in some way, ones that I can relate to.
Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
I was not a good-lookin' girl. I was extremely skinny. I wasn't pretty. I wasn't cool.
I'm so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family.
I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.
The craziest thing I've done is cut my hair blonde and short a couple of years ago. And people reached out to me saying, 'Celine, you're one of the most stable things we have in our lives, don't do that. We want you the way you are.'
In terms of music, I can try anything I want, even something that doesn't work at all, because I'm not putting my career in jeopardy.
I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.
On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him.
I have become a housewife and there is no better job.
At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.
Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It's about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.
I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors. When I wear a dress, I know the top matches the bottom. So I can't make a mistake.
When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.
I'm not going to be Rihanna. No one can be Rihanna except for Rihanna.
When you're home, I don't listen to my own music at home.
I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother.
I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.
I wasn't good at school.
There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.
It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me.
I have a wonderful husband. I have three amazing kids.
Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.
I'm very comfortable in my skin.
Never say that your life is to be a singer. You want to sing because it's a part of your life. But if you don't succeed as a singer, it doesn't mean you don't have a life and it's over.
I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique.
I gave life, and that is beautiful.
I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.
