My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

When your roots grow out and things go south, go back to the salon

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

Really skinny actresses make me hungry. I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!'

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?

I shall not grow conservative with age.

Good food should be a right not a privilege.

Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.

I rightly pass for an atheist.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

God has delegated himself to a million deputies.

You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop.