I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.

Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'

You have to be the first, best or different.