Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

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

I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

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

I believe in education and wish I had a better one.

Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.