I may be ignorant but I ain't stupid!

I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-esque.

You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

The name Sissy came because my brothers called me that.

I was always proud about being from Texas and, you know, maybe that was part of fearlessness. I love the fact that Texas is so big, but you don't feel small because of that.

You know, I don’t know what the future will bring, but I’m ready for whatever comes!

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest.

You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!

Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane.

My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time.

You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.

There is a strong movement, especially in Protestantism, to recast the Christian message in order to make it acceptable to modern man.

It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.

If it weren't for the last minute nothing would get done.

Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy.

A friend is like a good bra: hard to find, comfortable, supportive, always lifts you up, makes you look better, never lets you down or leaves you hanging, and always close to your heart.

And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

In my opinion, we've elected a Marxist [Barack Obama] to be president of the United States.

I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.