Lorrie Morgan
Keith treated me like queen. In the three years we were married, he never said one ugly word to me, never raised his voice. We had disagreements and arguments but he was so gentle and caring. As much as I had to take care of him, he took care of me in other ways.
I think I'm ready for the success I'm having.
I never thought my life's path would take me to Broadway, but when I heard they were creating a musical based on one of Country music's best-loved films, I knew I had to be part of it.
I've had a pretty large LGBTQ fanbase for most of my career. When I was asked to co-headline South Carolina Pride back in 2014 along with Deborah Cox, I'll tell ya, that crowd sang every word to every song. I couldn't believe it and it was probably the most fun I've ever had on stage.
I just want people to be able to love who they want to love and be themselves. I mean, who the hell am I to judge?
My dad named me that before anybody knew anything about the other Loretta Lynn. She hadn't even put a record out yet.
My oldest sister was into Diana Ross and the Supremes, and my brother was into Led Zeppelin, and I listened to all of that, and then I'd be going to the Opry with my dad. So I was exposed to a lot of music. But the older I got, the more I started leaning toward the Opry.
I grew up with three older sisters and an older brother.
I think when artists close their ears to any music, when they won't do anything besides country music or rock music, they get stale.
It seems, in many ways, I am a living, breathing country song, and I know what I sing.
I have been a daughter, a bride, a mother, a divorcee, a widow, a single mother, a grandmother, a breadwinner, and, ultimately a survivor.
Richard Landis is a modern-day Mozart, almost.
When it's time to work we work; when it's time to play, we play.
Here's the good thing about it: I don't have to depend on some jerk disc jockey whose wife doesn't like me, and has threatened him not to play my songs. That is the honest-to-God truth. That's it in a nutshell. The fans don't have to go through a disc jockey or a radio station that loves me, or that doesn't like me. They can download the music.
I tell a lot of jokes. Most of the jokes just happen to come; they're not planned jokes. I like when people laugh with me and have fun at the shows.
I get to hang with people that I make music with, people that I laugh with, people that I write with, and it's enjoyable to me.
I want a Grammy-nominated album.
Interviews aren't hard to do, just time consuming that's all.
I felt like 'What Part of No' was very chauvinistic. I thought men would take it the wrong way and turn against me. I'm happy to say I was proven wrong.
I just write a little bit on piano. I'm not by any stretch of the means even a good piano player. I just pick out little melodies on the piano and play.
I understand what it was to be out there on the road without a tour bus and without fans.
At the Opry, Jeannie Seely is a wonderful friend of mine. She was very supportive of me, as were Jean Shepard and Jeanne Pruett.
The Opry is about sharing.
I think one thing I've learned is, I can't give my heart again until someone gives it back. Until I see that someone else is willing to take a risk... because love is a risk. You risk the chance of getting hurt and getting your heart broke.
I sing what I want to sing and, if in the middle of the show I feel like doing a Frank Sinatra song, I will, but for the most part my show is a country show.
My dad told me years ago, be sure you record what you love because the minute you record what you hate, that'll be your hit single and you'll have to sing it the rest of your life. So thank God I love 'Something in Red.'
You definitely will not hear any hip hop at my show. Not that I don't think there's an art to that, but it's not for me.
Country music is therapy - it's therapy for the rural world.
I'm not willing to sacrifice what I've learned and what I'm about just to get played on radio.
I think sometimes, especially in country music, the fans feel so close to an artist that they think they have a right to know things I don't believe they do. I believe it's the artist's choice how much they want to let people know.
I've always been honest about my relationships, and I've been taught that the more you try to hide, the more they want to find out. In my case, unfortunately, it's not true. The more I talk, the more they want to know.
Back when I first started in country music, you did it because you loved it, because it definitely wasn't where the big money was.
It scares me how some people don't respect the paths that have been paved for us, and who they've been paved by. It scares me because I don't want it to lose the family oriented feeling and the feeling you get at the Grand Ole Opry listening to Jack Greene or Jim Ed Brown, and thinking, 'Yeah, this is what it's all about.'
He was not only instrumental in giving me the confidence I needed as an artist, but through the years he has given many other up-and- coming stars the confidence and true grit they have acquired by loving and listening to the music of Keith Whitley.
We want to know other people are in pain, because that's what we relate to.
Unfortunately we're all in pain.
Women need a lot of understanding, and they need songs to help them express themselves.
People often portray me as Miss Hard Stuff. It hurts my feelings a lot.
I am such an admirer of the Bedell Guitars instruments and its stewardship to respect Mother Nature and every individual tree used to create its products.
I know how everybody criticizes everybody else in this business.
There's not anybody physically or even mentally that would even compare with Keith Whitley. He was the most beautiful man I had ever seen in my life, from his toes to the top of his hair.
Years ago, when I first fell in love with country music, part of the reason was that it was so much from the heart. It was so simple, lyrically, everything. It was just the simplicity.
You can't statistic through your whole life.
I love Joe Galante. He gave me the shot in this business that no one else would give me. And I will always love Joe Galante. Always. Regardless of what comes tomorrow, a year from now, ten years from now. He, along with God, allowed me to make a lot of my dreams come true. And I'll always love Joe Galante for that.
You never get over losing somebody who was - hell - the love of your life.
I've often said this - that you can get through a tragedy, and... you trudge on, but the pain never really goes away. And when you sing the songs about things that have happened, the pain surfaces and... it brings it all back.
You know, a singer is only as good as the song.
We can't be dictated to by radio. Radio needs to play what we send them.
Drama is something that lets you know you're still alive.Collection: Drama