I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.'
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.
A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.
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'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.
Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.
I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.
I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.
I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'
I was always a junk food person, still am.
I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
People get a kick out of my stupidity.
God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.
Life is a song to me.
I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.
I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
There are some loony people in this world!