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" I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language. "

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" I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have. "

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

" You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got. "

" I refuse to be pushed around anymore. "

" I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems. "

" The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires. "

" Who wants to be married to a grandfather? "

" You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess. "

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

" 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. "

" I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me. "

" We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign. "

" I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition. "

" Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown. "

" I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way. "

" I believe in education and wish I had a better one. "

" I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going. "

" A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business. "

" There's always been a man telling me what to do. "

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

" I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18. "

" I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do. "

" My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. "

" How do you measure your value? "

" Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then. "

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

" I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. "

" A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know. "