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" My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good. "

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" I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi. "

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

" When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids. "

" I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. "

" I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine. "

" I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song. "

" I just don't feel like I have to explain myself. "

" I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to. "

" I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do. "

" I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be. "

" I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. "

" It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A. "

" My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time. "

" Someone once asked me, 'How long does it take to do your hair.' I said, 'I don't know, I'm never there.' "

" A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. "

" 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 will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?' "

" I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed. "

" I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva. "

" Energy begets energy. "

" We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. "

" If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control. "

" I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day. "

" I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family. "

" I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder. "

" I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again. "

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

" 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. "