I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
Every once in a while, I find something that I'm interested in just because of the singing, like the Goo Goo Dolls.
I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.
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.
Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers.
Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner.
I wasn't the biggest hip-hop fan, because I had to listen to whatever my parents listened to, so growing up, it was a lot of Dolly Parton, Elvis, and Whitney Houston. When they finally put a TV in my room and I got to listen to MTV Jams I was like: 'Here I am!'
I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
I'm getting all domesticated. I feel like Susie the homemaker.
I can't see myself as a very domesticated person, with a suburb house and stuff like that.
There's something about dominant teams that draws fans in. People like to see this; they like to witness dominance.
There's so many inspiring women dominating the charts, so I feel like I'm definitely a part of a wave that's just really interesting and really cool.
The more the Iranians are seen to be dominating the region, the more it is going to inflame Sunni radicalism and fuel the rise of groups like the Islamic State.
If I'm performing in the United States, I'm able to speak Spanglish, and the crowd comprehends. If I'm in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, then I'm completely Spanish. I feel like a New Yorker that represents all Latinos.
The process of writing is like creating a game of dominoes: The first domino creates the second incident, and so forth until the end.
Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.
