The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

The Y Chromosome, organized religion and money are the roots of all evil.

Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.

I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.

I happen to believe that health care is an imminent crisis. It is.

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

There is no such thing as a permanent advertising success.

There will be no hatred or resentment among them, their hearts will be as one, and they will glorify God, morning and evening.

There is no sin except stupidity.

I always hold out hope. Mediation is an opportunity for each side to present their case, and for us to get back to the table again.