Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman. We will always remember her fondly.

I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

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

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.

Leave something good in every day.