I'm Not Trying To Be Fashionable. Never

I Know The Struggles Of Poor People, And Have Always Kept That With Me.

I Sing As An Actress. Whatever I'm Singing About, I Just Become The Story.

I Couldn't Have Children, I Tried To For Years. I've Never Been Pregnant In My Life. When I Was A Girl And Fooling Around I Was Scared To Death I'd Get Pregnant, And Then When I Got Married And Wanted To Have Children I Couldn't Have Any. But I Don't Miss It. I Did For Awhile, But I Realize That I Am Everybody's Mother.

I Hope You're Never Happy With Anybody But Me, And Every Face You Look Into, I Hope You're Haunted By Me. Yes, I'm Possessive And Jealous, At Least I Speak Honestly.

In The Early Days, Porter Wagoner Would Not Exactly Scold Me, But He's Say, 'you're Writing Too Many Damn Verses. You're Makin' These Songs Too Damn Long.' And I'd Say, 'yeah, But I'm Tellin' A Story. I Have A Story To Tell.' And He'd Say, 'well, You're Not Going To Get It On The Radio.' If I Start Writing A Song, I'm Writing It For A Reason. People Would Say That I Had To Have Two Verses, And A Chorus, And A Bridge. I Tried To Learn That Formula.