Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy.

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.

People make mistakes all the time – some of us just are in more of a position to leave an impact when we do.

Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.

A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

Understanding is a two-way street.

The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.

The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

We must fight all that we dislike in public life. We must substitute better ideas for wrong ideas.

As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it.

the Mind of Man-- My haunt, and the main region of my song.