In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

They're still in good shape, but I'm not flashing them anymore. I'm an old lady. I leave all the flesh to the kids.

People hold on to what they like. They discard what they don't...

It's every man for himself, every woman, every child. A new breed ferocious and wild.

As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.

I am attracted to myths.

So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.