I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.

People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.

Daddy worked for God, but asked for no pay. For he believed that God provides a way.

I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.

Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.

I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.

When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.

I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.

It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

When I'm feeling a little low, I put on my favorite high heels to stand a little taller.

George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.

I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

What people do behind closed doors is certainly not my concern unless I'm there with them.

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

They let you dream just to watch them shatter, you're just a step on the boss man's ladder.

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

If I see something sagging, dragging and bagging, I’ll get it nip, tucked, sucked or plucked.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.

I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.

I'm just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I'm going through.

Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.

It seems like the more I give the more I get, and that is the way it is supposed to go in life.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

I have been asked to pose for Penthouse on my hundredth birthday. Everybody is going to be sorry.

Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.

I hope people realise that there is a brain underneath the hair and a heart underneath the boobs.

I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear.

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.

[On why she doesn't exercise:] If I tried to jog with these boobs, I'd end up with two black eyes.

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.

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