Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

You're the reason our kids are ugly.