Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

There's nothing like white trash at the White House.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

I've been very fortunate.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

My life has been very full.

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.