I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.

I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.