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

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.

I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.

I got kind of scared when I thought they wanted me to do something... I didn't want to be naked on the front of a magazine unless everybody would know it was a joke. I wouldn't want to be naked even then.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.