I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

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

I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

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.