I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

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.

We're phonies if we're not exactly who we are.

I write for myself things that I've gone through.

Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.