It’s great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.
All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that’s certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.
I’ll be wearing my high heels, even if I’m up to my knees in mud.
I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it’s still a good barn.
I’ve been to those places where it’s ‘poor, pitiful me.’
I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.
I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It’s not true that I’m happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.
I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I’ve had my breasts lifted – but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.
I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the house. I’m such a short little thing, I can’t reach my kitchen cabinets.
I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I’ve got. Somebody’s got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain’t got this, somebody ain’t got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.
Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.
I didn’t know any gay people in my childhood.
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
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.
I always think of myself as a working girl.
I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.
I don’t have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.
Writing’s just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast.