“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words”

“I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.”

“It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.”

“Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.”

“I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.”

“When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.”

“Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.”