Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.

I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.

That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.

God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.

Those people who wake up and they're just beautiful, they're just born that way. Well that ain't me. I gotta work for everything I've got.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.