I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.

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.

Nothing Comes Home...You Have To Get OUT & Get IT~!

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

A rich life is lived from a giving heart not a selfish mind.

I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type.

I've enjoyed my retirement.

You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill revolution...you can jail a liberator but you can't jail liberation.

The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

I'm totally sick of hotels. I'm totally sick of room service. I'm totally sick of how can I help you ma'am? I just want to go home and wash some dishes, play with my cat, watch some TV.