That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.

Art is art. Television has elevated itself, in certain ways, but it's always pushed people's consciousness.

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.

We’re more than just our dresses.

The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back.

When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again... You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. [You have to] look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it.

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.