I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

When the flag is unfurled all reason is in the trumpet.

The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music

You accept the historical Jesus?

Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win.

Children - if you think back really what it was like to be a child and what it was like to know other children - children lie all the time

I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.

Breaking News: Winds so strong in NYC The Statue of Liberty's gown just blew off!

I will love, if another hates. I will gain a balance on the side of good, my true being. This alone gives me the forces of God wherewith to overcome all error.

But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover.