I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

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

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.

Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.