When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

[Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up.

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

I'm catholic in the same way, that if a cow was born in a tree, it's a bird!

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.