I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.

I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song.

You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.