I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.

Well, you know, certain - for one reason, I think that the intervention process is a good process for most people, but for me, it just looked like a bunch of my friends trying to get back at me and sit around taking jabs at me, you know, when I couldn't defend myself.

Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.

If the Cowboys and Titans ain't playing, I'm not interested.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

I have always been the life of the party. When I got to the point where I wasn't anymore, I knew something was wrong. I didn't know what it was. Once you figure it out, you can start to fix the problem. It's a day-to-day struggle.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.