I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.

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

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!'