"Sevier County is a great area."
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"I've enjoyed all the parts of my career."
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"I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children."
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"No, I can't do rap music..."
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"I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with."
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"Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us."
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"My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff."
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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'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing."
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"I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked."
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"Mine is a jealous heart, imagines things that never are."
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"Daddy worked for God, but asked for no pay. For he believed that God provides a way."
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"People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything."
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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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"Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park."
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"I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches."
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"Music, I suppose, will be the thing that sustains me in the time of my life when I am too old for sex and not quite ready to meet God. It has always been an essential part of me."
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"I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family."
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"I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road."
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"The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of."
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