I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.

Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.

Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies. I didn't have enough money for the band and the arrangements and the costumes and all. I had to move into wider fields.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

There are some people who physically are not beautiful. But the way they are, the way they treat people, they become beautiful, and you forget all about [their looks].