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

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" 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. "

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

" I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I ain't got much education, but I got some sense. "

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

" Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. "

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

" I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped. "

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

" I refuse to be pushed around anymore. "

" There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man. "