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

When I lost my husband [Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn], I just didn't want to work so hard anymore. I hate that I didn't quit things a lot more before he was gone. I stayed home for six years to take care of him but, at some point, I also felt I had to go back to work.

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.

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

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

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.