I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

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.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?

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

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.