I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.

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.

My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.