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..

I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all the way pop..

I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support..

Mother would come and pick me up at work and take me wherever I could get a job. Mother didn't trust anybody with me. Usually we'd get home at 3 in t….

I suppose I could have sat back and pitied myself. For a time I wondered if I'd ever be able to go on to a stage and perform again. After a couple of….

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

On Saturdays I worked all day in Hunter Gaunt's drugstore in Winchester, and then at night, my mother drove me to Front Royal, where I sang pop tunes..

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….

Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!.

The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me..

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

Im gonna be something one of these days..

I played with Arthur Godfrey for about a year and a half..

I think I've found out who I am and what we've been looking for. We don't have to search for my identity anymore. This is it-we're doing it!.

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

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

I don''t wanna be rich, just live good..

It sure gives me faith and a wonderful feeling to know how many fans and friends are wanting me well again..

I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye..

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