If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know, so I can write a positive song like 'Better Get to Livin'' because that's my attitude. But that doesn't mean I'm happy all the time. You can't be a deep and serious songwriter without feelings. You kinda have to live with your feelings out on your sleeve and get hurt more than most people. The fear I might get hurt means I might not be able to write another song.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.

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

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.