I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

Really skinny actresses make me hungry. I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!'

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

The curse of men can't make me defiled.I defile myself if I curse men by intention.

Your mind is your guide! With a clever mind, you will have a life full of light! Improve your mind, improve your real savior!

I have a billion what-ifs and no way forward.

The best conversation I had was over forty million years ago, ' continued Marvin.Again the pause. 'Oh d—''And that was with a coffee machine.' He waited.

Everything happens for me, not to me.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

I am the most misunderstood and misrepresented of men. Misrepresented because misunderstood.

Fear arises sooner than anything else.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

A man who is 100% sane is dead.