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" Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things. "

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" The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch. "

Getting Married

" I never rode in an automobile until I was 12. "

" I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened. "

" We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean. "

" When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. "

" In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent. "

" I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor. "

" I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people. "

" Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. "

" Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best. "

" When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings. "

" When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up. "

" Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes? "

" I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child. "

" I want more out of life than I've gotten. "

" Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience. "

" I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair. "

" I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. "

" Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it. "

" Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead. "

" Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints. "

" I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. "

" How do you measure your value? "

" I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. "

" Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me. "