I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

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.

Prayer is communion with God. It’s fellowship, relationship, and intimacy with Him.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first subsidize.

We both want you dead. I'm bringing the friendship bracelets to the next meeting.

Because when you cared about people, you handed them a little piece of your heart, and with those hands, they had the power to cause pain.

You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.

When everything seems like its changed…its because things have." Ethan Wate in Beautiful Creatures.

My boyfriend says I dress like a rock star but I would say my style is hip and comfortable.

Whatever you want in life, you've got to give away first.

It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.