Watch what you say and do because little eyes are watching you.

I love to wear boots - and shoes, I don't like at all.

Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

Mama was a stickler on keeping your word. That's helped me to make the right decisions in so many situations. Because of that, I also think really hard before I make a decision because I know I'm going to have to see it through.

Without God, I don't see how folks cope.

When I left, after my divorce, when I left Oklahoma, I never looked back. It was the future. It was looking forward from then on.