There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.