I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.

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.

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying to maintain my business, and all the new things that come along. I stay working all the time.

I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.

People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.