Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

Life is a song to me.

I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.

I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes.

The tits and the hair and the personality helped build the whole Dolly deal, but it was my music that brought me out of the Smokey Mountains.

Every day I pray about all I do.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.