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

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

My life has been very full.

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.

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

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

I've been very fortunate.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

I've copyrighted 3,000 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 was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

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