A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

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.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.