It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.

I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound.

People say you shouldn't have plastic surgery because if God wanted you another way he would have made you that way, but I say that's a lot of crock. If God didn't want plastic surgeons, he wouldn't have given them hands to work with.