I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.
My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.
I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on one side or the other. I think some of my best years were between 40 and 50: I got my priorities straight and life is good to me now. It's only other people who say, "God, she's 50 years old!" as if I'm over the hill. I feel like I just started.
I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.
If I have one more facelift I'll have a beard!
I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'
I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.
I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!
I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.
I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.
Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive.
My fat never made me less money.
There's nothing like white trash at the White House.
I will never retire unless I have to.
Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.
Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman. We will always remember her fondly.
A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.
If people think I'm a dumb blonde, because of the way I look, then they're dumber than they think I am. If people think I'm not very deep because of my wigs and outfits, then they're not very deep.
If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.
