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

I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'

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.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

When I lost my husband [Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn], I just didn't want to work so hard anymore. I hate that I didn't quit things a lot more before he was gone. I stayed home for six years to take care of him but, at some point, I also felt I had to go back to work.

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

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.