My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made. The doctor didn't spank me, he just slapped me in the face.

I don't know that I'm beautiful or glamorous. I'm a pretty artificial looking person. I sure am flattered when people think I'm beautiful, but I think I'm leaning towards more cartoonish than beautiful. But I'm comfortable with who I am. And since I wasn't born as a natural beauty, I just make the most of what I've got.

I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

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.