Shania Twain Enjoying a ‘Magical’ Time

Shania Twain has a lot on her plate these days. Back in the spotlight after a lengthy, self-imposed hiatus to concentrate on her family, the Canadian country songstress is now finishing her new album -- her first since the 2002 multi-platinum selling CD, 'Up!' -- while she also prepares for her upcoming gig at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, set to begin next year. In addition, she's promoting her new book, 'From This Moment On,' and has just wrapped her first season as the star of her own reality show, 'Why Not?' on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network.

Add to that adjusting to married life with new husband Frédéric Thiébaud and being a single parent to 10-year-old son Eja, and the singer-songwriter definitely has her hands full. The global superstar recently caught up with TV personality Robin Leach to discuss her career resurgence, her happy home life in the Bahamas and how she really feels about becoming a Vegas entertainer (quotes via the Las Vegas Sun).

On finding love again after her painful divorce: "I think the contrast is necessary to appreciate both. You have to have the bad to appreciate the good. I'm always grateful for that part of the bad ... You learn to appreciate the simpler things whenever you come out of a difficult time. I thought I never wanted to find love again. I didn't want to. But now I have, and it's become very beautiful."

On committing to doing 120 shows after watching Cher perform in Vegas: "I asked myself if I was confident in myself to do this while on [that] Vegas trip. I wasn't. But making the announcement is both therapeutic for me and my voice. A tremendous medicine. It's been a healing year. I am now in a very happy place. I am genuinely excited about coming to Vegas to perform the show ... My voice is stronger today than ever ... I wish I could get started tomorrow!"

On planning the show in Sin City: "I'm going to spend the summer honing in on who's going to produce it. Now my imagination is really going to go wild, and I'm going to let myself dream a little bit, and what would be the most fun and the most fulfilling artistically for me, knowing that this is much less limited than any touring show. I will be working on a new record, as well. Then the fall and winter will be spent doing pre-production for a couple of months, and then we'll go into genuine production, and then I would like three months for rehearsals."

On balancing her upcoming gig with her role as a mother: "I would like to do a lot of the rehearsals in the Bahamas -- certainly the preliminary stuff, musical arranging, a lot of the production on paper, mechanical meetings, all of that stuff. I'd rather just stay there as much as I can because I have my son, Eja, who is 10. I really don't want to be away from him. That was a big reason to go to Vegas, too, they're so accommodating in that way. He's friends with Celine Dion's son [Rene Charles]. They've played together."

On how she feels about the new chapter in life: "Happy would be at the center of it all. It would be surrounded by everything, life itself, the growth, the healing, all of the other things. There is so much going on right now. I guess happy is a very good way of summarizing it. To find myself poised to play at the Colosseum is truly magical. It's an iconic location with unmatched energy. I'm excited to bring my pop-country spin to the city. People from all over the world travel to Las Vegas, and I'm thrilled to be able to share my music again with a global audience. This is a dream for any performing artist. What more could I ask for?"

Shania's new single, 'Today Is Your Day,' is steadily climbing the charts. Download the single here.

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