"What do you mean I'm not successful? I do what I like to do... I have the respect and the friendship of my peers. I live in a house my father made with his hands. I have a damn good life."    Rosalie Sorrels  

“You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.” ―  Kate Morton

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. Willie Nelson