You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

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

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.