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!

It's important that you take care of yourself and blow off steam in the right way. Don't let some woman walk in and say, "hey, goodbye!" and take your man. Kill her if you can! I'm only kidding.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

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

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.

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.