I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.

Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

Death only comes when a being has served its purpose. From a narrow perspective, that purpose may not be clear, but in the grand scheme of things, it makes perfect sense.

I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine.

The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.

The 'Barnaby' books were always intended to be graphic novels.

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.

Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.

In a drop of rain can be seen the colors of the sun.

I want get people to think about sensory based of thinking.

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.