I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

I have just one tube of lipstick, but it's as big as a can of hairspray.

[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.

I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.