Stay busy and take care of your own business.

MOTHER (a word that means the world to me)

Touring is really a pretty lonely business.

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

Last word in lonesome is me.

I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.

You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.

war is a thug's game. The thug strikes first and harder. He doesn't go by rules and he isn't afraid of hurting people.

Also something that you don't have to listen to from beginning to end - you can enter at any point and leave at any point.

I'm still learning. I've never done a digital project before. And I'm pretty sure I did things to the software that weren't supposed to be done.

The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.

Are two people drinking from the same bottle of wine having a common experience?

You break the story first, and then you go into the specifics.

Spaghetti is good with ranch, and spaghetti is good with sugar. You put all of that together and make a sandwich out of it and you get greatness. People shouldn't judge unless they try it.

My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor

I love telling good stories and I love playing powerful, strong women.