I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.

I'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

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