I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
How do you measure your value?
Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.
I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.