I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial - but it's very worldly and good listening.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.

I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.