Sometimes you could see the scars and sometimes you couldn’t. But everybody had them. - Dolly Parton

For me, feeling pretty is feeling like I accomplished what I wanted to do that day. That's a different thing from fashion or how you wear your makeup or your eyelashes. If you know who you are and keep that in mind at all times, then you won't sacrifice your principles, your values, your true self. You can look in the mirror and feel good about yourself - even feel pretty - inside and out.

I was born with a happy heart. I've always tried to let that shine even during my dark times. I'm one of those people who, even if things are not right, goes about trying to make it as right as I can rather than just lying around on my ass and wallowing in it all day.

Female singers should just be sprinkled into airplay now and again as garnish. “‘The tomatoes of our salad are the females,’” Ruthanna said. “That was his exact quote. And that’s why they call it Tomato-gate.