Richard Petty

If guys don’t respect themselves, they don’t respect other people. That’s times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don’t take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.

Every race is a chapter. Those are two important races. Who knows what Sunday will bring?

This is just to get the kids ready to play. It’s not about the score of the games. We want the boys to learn what they can from this. It helps the coaches see where we’re at and what we need to be working on.

NASCAR will make this decision strictly on the greenery, OK? They’ve got no loyalty to one place or another place [as if North Wilkesboro, Rockingham and Darlington need reminding]. They’ve got loyalty to money. And I don’t blame them. I’d do the same thing.

At least when the race starts, he’ll know where they’re all at because they’ll all be in front of him.

I don’t know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.

[On husband Ryan Phillippe] I don’t think I can imagine a better guy than the one I’ve ended up with.

I’m a bit hesitant to do anything because I’m actually kind of lazy and I’d like an easier life from now on. The world’s a massive place with lots of early mornings and late starts when you’re working.

You can sometimes get your own feelings across more strongly if you pretend that you’re singing it from someone else’s angle. But it’s always from me. It’s just a new way of framing it.

The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.

Cats know, comin’ out of four, they better be standin’ on it, else they’ll be standin’ in it.

Left to my own devices, I dress like I’m here to service your aquarium.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

You can tell an honest artist from one who’s just given all their songs.

My career has been a combination of hard work and timing. Working with Stevie Wonder at the Kennedy Center Honors was timing. The Tonight Show was timing. Carnegie Hall, that was timing. My marriage was timing. I was ready, I wanted to know what it was like.

And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they’re studying.

You know when you find a great dress, you’ve gotta hold on to it.

In reality, the main thing that keeps me awake at night is probably the destruction of the planet; that’s what gets me pretty upset.

But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It’s like listening to a song – I mean, a story. If you’re going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don’t want to make them up.

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

Tell her: jealousy is a disease, die slow.