If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.

I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.

I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it. You never see yourself as others do but I've always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.

All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!

After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.

I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I'm gaining weight, I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.

I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.