"It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique."

"He never comes with me I don't think he ever will, and I totally understand where he comes from. He's a humble guy and basically he doesn't want to be a star. He just wants to be a person who makes the music. People write that we're getting divorced but nothing could be further from the truth. We're a very happy couple. There are no inhibitions between us whatsoever."

"Well, he's about 6 feet tall, blond, blue eyes, he's a very sweet, sweet man."

"By 1993, she issued her debut album, "Shania Twain", which included only one of her own tunes. This album caught the attention of rock producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, producer of such notorious talents as Foreigner, AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, The Cars and many others. Being attracted to her voice, he called Mercury for her number, called her and began a long distance working/friendship relationship. She would sing him songs she was working on. He would record them over the phone, rework the songs and play them back to her. They finally met June 1993 and were married 6 months later, forming a permanent partnership. Lange had the vision that the label executives lacked and insisted, when they began working on Shania's new album (Woman In Me), that they use all 10 of the Shania Twain originals that had been turned down for her first album. Lange brought considerable experience to this project. He listened, advised, inspired, co-wrote, help develop a unique sound midway between Pop, Rock and Country, provided background harmonies (for he too can sing), even did a duet on the album, and, when the album went over budget, dipped into his own funds to make Shania's dream a reality. But, for all of that, he insists the album is still essentially Twain's."

The two got acquainted by telephone and first met at Fan Fair in 1993. Lange, who never makes public appearances with his wife, won't be involved with the road show. "He would never do that," says Twain. "He's got too many songs to work on."

"One of the main strengths is that (Mutt) Lange's strengths is that he's always had really strong pop sensibilities. That's what comes out (the new Twain album)," Farina said. If there's a unifying factor to the whole disc it's Mutt Lange's famed ber-production. Lange is the Oliver Stone of the recording industry, a control freak who built the sound of mega-sellers ranging from Def Leppard to Bryan Adams. For his wife, Lange makes sure two components are always there. First, her voice is always miked right in front of every mix, there is never any doubt as to who the star is on this project. Secondly, every song has a hook to die for. Even the most ardent anti-New Country activist is liable to get sucked into more than a few of these songs.

Shania says she didn't know Mutt was a famous producer, never having bothered reading record sleeves, but that this was good as she might have had some inhibitions about writing with him otherwise. They became good friends on the phone and immediately hit if off when they met at Mercury's FanFair show in 1993. They are now married, but Shania insists that half the album was written before they became romantically involved.

Mutt and Shania formerly shared a 12,000 square foot Mediterranean-meets-Adironacks mansion in Lake Placid, New York that featured a 3000 acre estate.

Mutt is a handsome guy, in his late forties, with reddish, blondish center-parted hair that's not long but is lanky. He grew up in South Africa, where his father was a miner for gold and asbestos.Though he is nearly pathological about his privacy and never talks to the press, he is exceedingly pleasant to be around. He's got a smiling willingness to listen and ask questions. He has met lots of interesting rock & roll people. He favors colorful shirts and comfy slip-on shoes. And within six months of meeting, he and Shania were married, much to the dismay of Shania's friends and siblings, who thought it all happened too fast. (From Shania Twain article, Rolling Stone magazine Sept.3/98)

About her nickname 'Woody": "Well, it's my husband's nickname for me. He is the one who started calling me that and is the only one who still calls me that! When we were first married, he thought that the way I styled my hair made me look like the cartoon character, Woody Woodpecker. Thus, the nickname "Woody". I don't mind it at all; he means it in the most endearing way. And even though the hair has changed, the name still stands!" (Thanks to Little Shania for this quote.)