When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I'm sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were going, 'What's that noise? That's not country.' It's always been this battle where whoever comes up behind the reigning stars isn't country enough. There really is a lot more crossover now.

I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.

What I'm not about is exploiting women.

Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.

Collective European Union action could mean no hiding places for evaders, no safe haven for tax avoiders, and no treasure islands for money launderers.

We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.