After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.