Patty Loveless quotes:

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

I cut 'Diamond in My Crown' in my home in Georgia, because I wanted to use an old 1848 pump organ that my mother-in-law had gotten for Emory for Christmas one year. His mother would be proud to know that pump organ was made use of.

I'm a combination of Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn and Ralph Stanley.

George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known. Everybody knows George Jones. But George has such a unique voice. And he made such timeless songs, like "Color of the Blues", just real hard-core country stuff.

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 try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon.

I try to think about Shakespeare, leap year, the Beatles.

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

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

I started to perform when I was 12... I don't talk too much. I let the music do the talking.

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.

A lot of people have a cough that doesn't go away, or go up and down stairs and get shortness of breath, and they don't think about COPD. They could have a problem, though, and catching it in the beginning stages is crucial.

It started out slowly, it's coming on fast. I got a feeling it's gonna last. Timber, I'm falling in love.

I go out and walk around the yard. Sometimes I'll cut grass.

My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

Life's about changing. Nothing ever stays the same.