I will never retire unless I have to.

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

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the subject.

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.