 I'd love to travel to the Holy Land. |
| 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. |
| I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language. |
| I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. |
| I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. |
| Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best. |
| 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. |
| I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people. |
| I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. |
| I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child. |
| You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got. |
| Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints. |
| I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. |
| I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair. |
| The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch. |
| Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead. |
| I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way. |
| I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor. |
| My life has run from misery to happiness. |
| Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him. |
