I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

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.

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've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.