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I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
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I embrace everybody for who and what they are.
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Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself.
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Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
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Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
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People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.
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Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.
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I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.
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People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.
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It's always great to perform at home in the good ol' U.S.A.
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I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
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I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!
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I love story songs because I've always loved books.
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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.
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I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?
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The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.
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Everybody has a purpose.
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I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.
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Wondering if God loves us when we're cheating? Oh, but why he lets us feel things, if it's wrong.
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I like to think I've been a good example and an inspiration to some people. And some people say that about me, but I'm just going about my work and doing what I do best. I'm a very professional 'Me.'
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I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.