Patty Loveless

I look for songs that the listener, when they hear it, they believe what I'm singing about, that I know what I'm singing about. That's my whole deal. I try to choose songs that a male or a female can perform and relate to.

I've had a wonderful career and shared the stage with Vince Gill, who was my second love.

George Jones is country soul. Once this kind of music sits in you and you take it all, it reaches down into your soul. George Jones to me was one of the most soulful singers of any genre. That drew me to his music. He knew how to present a song without really thinking about it.

I love Miranda Lambert; I think she's wonderful. I love the song 'Love Letters' and 'Famous in a Small Town.'

It's hard for me to sit still. Now if you'll sit me in front of a great old movie, I'll sit still, because I love that, too.

Good-byes are hard, but life is about changes.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

After living out of a suitcase for years, it's a feeling of peace to wake up in the night and know where I am.

It's kind of odd when you think of Loretta Lynn, when she was first traveling and recording country music. It was all built through word of mouth. If you pleased the fans, they would pass it around to their friends and family.

I get around nature. I have a vegetable garden, and I enjoy being outside. I do work quite a bit around the house.

I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.

I recalled how a lot of my older siblings would go to a friend's house and borrow records to play and sometimes borrow a turntable because we didn't have a turntable in the house until I was 8, about the same time we had a TV.