The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.

Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.