I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

If the standard transsexual person wants to be regarded as he or she, my sense is I'll address you according to the part that you appear to be playing.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.

I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family.

I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.

When I'm home, I spend Sunday with my husband. If we're not cooking, weselftravel around in our camper, stop at fast-food restaurants, and picnic. We love that stuff that will harden your arteries in a hurry.

'Jolene' has been very popular all of these years, even overseas.

I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.

Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.

When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.

I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are. To me, that's what being a star means.