"My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved."
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"I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it."
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"Cause I am strong and I can prove it And I got my dreams to see me through It's just a mountain, I can move it And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do And I can see the light of a clear blue morning And I can see the light of brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning And everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]"
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"I wake up with new dreams every day...more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me."
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"I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them."
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"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."
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"I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home."
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"Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters."
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"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."
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"People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass."
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"A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money."
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"My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them."
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"It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you."
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"My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel."
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"I've always been fascinated by everything with wings."
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"I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it."
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"I always think of myself as a working girl."
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"I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am."
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"I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music."
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"I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree."
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