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

They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have.

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.