I've Seen Country Music Go

You Either Have To Be First, Best, Or Different.

I Love People And I Love To Sing, And That's What Keeps Me Going.

My Mother Used To Paper Pictures From Movie Magazines On The Wall Of Her Bedroom. When I Was Born, She Looked At Those Pictures To Decide On A Name For Me. Claudette Colbert's Picture Was Up There And So Was Loretta Young's. She Decided Loretta Was The Prettiest Name, So I Was Named After Her.

I'm Always Making Butcher Holler Sound Like The Most Backward Part Of The United States-and I Think Maybe It Is.

Daddy Was Real Gentle With Kids. That's Why I Expected So Much Out Of Marriage, Figuring That All Men Should Be Steady And Pleasant.