“They think Im simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldnt I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe thats the key: simple.”

“If you dont like the road youre walking, start paving another one.”

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

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

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

“I'll say it: I want to see an ugly woman as a spokeswoman for a women's network. Ugly men are out there all the time look at Larry King, for God's sake. He looks like someone's talking underwear. ...”

“It was the way she looked at me the whole time. That look said more than she ever could and, in turn, scared me more than her words alone ever could.”

“The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself.”