I think that all creative people are a little bit nuts.

I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen

I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.