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.

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.

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.

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

Irony of life – GOD will always make you do things which you never want to.

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

Freedom cannot be trifled with. You cannot surrender it for security unless in a state of war, and then you must guard carefully the methods of so doing.

I believe that woman are superior to men.

Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?

I can see how people work out to feel better.

War is a profane thing.

Unfortunately, more and more Muslim voices are calling for boycotts of the United States and its products.

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how important it is to vary your workouts.

Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything.