God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people.

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

I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'

I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.

Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!'