[On Regis Philbin:] He's like everybody's kid brother with his hand in the cookie jar and his foot in his mouth. You love him, but you can't take him anywhere.

I want to be free and free indeed and live and live abundant!

I like sitting in the dark and watching people far more talented than I'll ever be sing my songs and say my words. It's thrilling.

I wasn't ever interested in marrying someone else's career or bank account.

Today we live in a cash-for-trash world. Anyone can stand up and say anything unkind, unfair or completely untrue about you, and then they are rewarded financially for it ... because life is unfair.

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.