“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”

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

“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.”

“My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.”

“I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.”

“Cause I am strong and I can prove itAnd I got my dreams to see me throughIt's just a mountain, I can move itAnd with faith enough there's nothing I can't doAnd I can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd I can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd everything's gonna be all rightIt's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]”