I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

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

We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.