When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.Collection: Christmas
I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.Collection: Thankful
I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.
I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.
I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.
The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.
The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.
I've always gone to see all kinds of shows and stole what I could, as we all do. We see an artist and hear a song and think, 'I bet I could sing that song. I'll put that in my show.'
Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.Collection: Brother
I dont think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.Collection: Song
I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.Collection: Agendas
Im Sorry was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.Collection: Im Sorry
I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.Collection: Sorry