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.

Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. Don't let the 'business' change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.

I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.

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.

If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.

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

You can't put this possum in a cage