"I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do - to know God and to share God."
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"I hear the word 'tolerance'-tha t some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated."
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"I could kiss you in the rain forever Turn all your pain to pleasure Fill up all your days with sunlight Make the passion last every night Give you my every possesion Make you my only obsession Climb up to the sky and pull down all the stars above But I could never love you enough"
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"I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver."
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"I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows."
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"Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible."
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"I've saved every dime I've made in my life."
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"All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people."
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"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."
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"I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human."
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"In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community."
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"I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy."
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"I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make."
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"I wish I had a great relationship with my mother."
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"I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young."
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"I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top."
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"I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop."
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"If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all."
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"It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!"
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"I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that's truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in 'making' a good album, to be honest, I'd love to have a hit record!"
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