Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.

I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.

I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.

As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.