The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

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 loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures to decide on a name for me. Claudette Colbert's picture was up there and so was Loretta Young's. She decided Loretta was the prettiest name, so I was named after her.

If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.