You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

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

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.