If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.
My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.
My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by
I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that.
I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.
Cheating love is just as real as un-cheating love.
I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.
Sometimes, you see folks who have a negative view of dreamers - people who sit around all day on their hindquarters and do absolutely nothing. These folks aren't dreamers - they are just lazy. To me, dreaming is just part of being alive, inspired, and curious about the world.
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things.
I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
That's the great thing about a sense of humor and a sex drive, you can't wait to share it with everybody else.
It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.
Some guys look better as they get older.
Don't lose your temper; use it.
I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like to think I shine from the inside.
I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.
If I had to give up performing, it wouldn't bother me too much. But I couldn't live without my writing. I put all my feelings, my very soul, into my writing. I tell the world in my songs things I wouldn't even tell my husband.
Life is a song to me.
A lot of people think I'm a comedian.
I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.
