I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying.

Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.

You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.