A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

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.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

Every setback is an opportunity to grow.

A good relationship is a two-way street, gatita. Submitting and serving is equaled by a master’s need to take control, to protect, to make someone happy.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

[In 2011] What Steve Jobs did was simply make everything and everyone better.

Go to work! Go to work in the morn of a new creation... until you have... reached the height of self-progress, and from that pinnacle bestow upon the world a civilization of your own.

I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.

I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been.

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.

Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.

I don't really do glasses. It's a good look, but I'm not big on wearing clear glasses for fashion. And I don't wear too many shades because my fans love to see my eyes.