My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.

Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.

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.

My grandpa was a preacher.

My fat never made me less money.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.