I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

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.

Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard

The harbour of influence is richer in the cemeteries where people are buried with their music on their tongues unsung. Don't leave your potentials untouched!

a relationship without trust is like a car without gas..you can stay in it all you want, but it won't go anywhere...

Over-analysis is a dream killer. Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.

Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

With Uhuru [Kenyatta] running against [Mwai] Kibaki, the Kikuyus will be divided for sure.

Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.