I don’t think there’s ever been a point in my career where I’ve said, ‘I’ve made it.’ What does that mean, ‘I’ve made it?’ Made it to what? If you say, ‘I’ve made it.’ then are you finished? I don’t want to be finished. I don’t want to quit.
There’s a lot of power in putting it out in the universe. It’s telling your subconscious mind, ‘This is what’s gonna happen.’
Being sexy is kind of funny to me.
But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that’s the keeper.
He was good in business, but there was business left to do. He never said he loved me, guess he thought I knew.
I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.
Whenever a natural disaster occurs, it is always the Red Cross that responds quickly and compassionately. I am honored to lend my voice to their cause, and thrilled to serve on the Celebrity Cabinet for 2010.
Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.
But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It’s like listening to a song – I mean, a story. If you’re going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don’t want to make them up.
I’ve got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody’s looking.
You don’t waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.
I love to sing with different people.
I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.
I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.
I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they’d do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.
Fame is a mind – a way of thinking about things. It’s all in your mind.
And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.
Waiting makes me restless. When I’m ready, I’m ready.
So, I took lessons, and I love to shoot now. It’s a lot of fun.
I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.