If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.

I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all that you ever dreamed of, and I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this, I wish you love.

When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.

Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.

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.

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.