"You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished."

"I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me."

"Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out."

"If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out."

"I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.'"

"I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva."

"You can't really make people be any different than what they are."