I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.