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" I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion. "

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" For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood. "

" When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life. "

" I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back. "

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" I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too. "

" When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try. "

" When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a star. I didn't really know what all that meant. I didn't know. "

" I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.' "

" I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out. "

" When I'm home, I spend Sunday with my husband. If we're not cooking, we travel around in our camper, stop at fast-food restaurants, and picnic. We love that stuff that will harden your arteries in a hurry. "

" I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. "

" I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody. "

" The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone. "

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" Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent. "

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