My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.

If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.

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.

I've never been a feminist.

A baby, a real live baby was the craziest thing a fan has sent. Someone left a baby on our front doorstep with a note that they wanted us to raise it. Of course, we contacted the authorities and they took care of the baby.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.