In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!

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.

I gasped and pointed the way. I gave you an adventure, Ed, right in front of you but you never saw it until I showed you, and that's why we broke up.

To hold power in this world is to know things that others do not want to know.

He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape.

The Republicans released their 'Pledge to America.' It's 21 pages of phony charts and bad ideas. Sarah Palin got a copy, and she said, 'How am I supposed to fit all this crap on my hand?

A government shutdown, it isn't the end of the world. It's a bad thing. The government stops working for a few days. We cover it a lot. Polls turn against who ever made it stop working.

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.

What drives me is that moment of discovery. I love the unknown.

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

There are no wrong roads to anywhere.

I find ways to make things affordable. If the kids want the looks, they can be able to go afford it.