I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.

I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family.

I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.

I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.

Less is not more. More is more.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.