“My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.”
“My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.”
“A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.”
“You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.”
“Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.”
“I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.”
“A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.”
“I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.”
“I believe in education and wish I had a better one.”
“I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.”
“My life has run from misery to happiness.”
“I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.”
“Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.”
“Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.”
“Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.”
“I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.”
“I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.”
“I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.”
“When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.”
“You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.”
“I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.”
“I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.”