I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.

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.

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.

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.

Once established, reputations do not easily change.

Even good people are obliged to deceive.

Loose and jocular, Stanley proved to be a master at relating to nightclub audiences

Don't let the good things of life rob you of the best things!

Life's what you make it

With one hand he put A penny in the urn of poverty, And with the other took a shilling out.

If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for us to draw three-dimension al diagrams.

If you don't fall down, you aren't trying hard enough.

What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.

Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.