After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.

The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume.