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.

If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.

I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.

Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.