I wish to be put away in a western dress I designed, with my daughter's little gold cross necklace and my son's small white testament in my hands, an….

I didn't know there was so many people in this world that knew of me..

I can't miss a night's work and let my public down..

Im gonna be something one of these days..

Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry..

I don't want to get rich - just live good..

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like ….

The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music..

My new house is going to have wall-to-wall awards!.

I got to be constantly reassured that somebody loves me..

I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!.

Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right..

You might say it was my return to the living that launched me as a singer. I was placed in an oxygen tent, and the doctors brought me back to life..

I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20..

I got me a hit record and I ain't never made a cent from it..

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've never met , and I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet... You wal….

It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else..

You're gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you're singing..

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself..

Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy..

I don't wanna get rich - just live good..