I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

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.

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker?

I gave up my childhood for a career.

The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.

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 still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

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.

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

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.

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around.

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

'I'm Sorry' was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.

God has never disappointed 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.

I didn't really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.

I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

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.'

The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.

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.

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened.

We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

While living I want to live well.

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.

I used to get really sick. I would go to the doctor with all these ailments, and they would tell me I needed to be at home. I didn't even really understand what that meant because since I was a baby, I've always been moving, moving, and then touring.

We were so hungry for 'Sex and the City' that even though it was heightened and written by gay men, we just needed to see different women on television. Give us another movie.

If you want to hear the facts, you are going to have to let me speak.

As a company, we don't contribute to any cause except noncontroversial things like a breast cancer walk. I don't know anybody who is 'for' breast cancer.

All happiness depends on courage and work.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I've done it.

I hope to outlive my enemies.

My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.

What is guilt It is moral self reproach I did wrong when it was possible to have done otherwise.

Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps.

'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live action, but I never really wanted it to be. I always thought that it would work better as an animated film.

I have a strong head on my shoulders... I've always been grounded. People would think not because of who I am, but I've always been raised with that sense of morals from my dad and my mother.

Eating healthy nutritious food is the simple and right solution to get rid of excess body weight effortlessly and become slim and healthy forever.

The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.

Block Watch, Crime Watch, we have hundreds of thousands of Americans, every day and night, risking their lives, going out for no pay as volunteers, protecting Americans like all of you and not asking anything in return. And the other day I'm speaking in a high school in New Jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like Zimmerman.

Remember, if a man needs to pull away like a rubber band, when he returns he will be back with a lot more love. Then he can listen. This is the best time to initiate conversation.

I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.

Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.