I got me a hit record and I ain't never made a cent from it.

I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20.

It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else.

If you can't do it with feeling - don't.

Oh, I just sing like I hurt inside.

If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've never met , and I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet... You walk by, and I fall to pieces.

Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.

Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.

God is simply a magnificent state of the mind, where the finite turns infinite.

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion.' I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.

Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse.

You know I ain’t got no brand new bag.

Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more.

If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.

The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.

The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.