Miley Cyrus

I appreciate each of you guys reaching out and touching me, and me getting to feel you. But I do want to say — it is a lot for me. It is a little bit overwhelming.

— Miley Cyrus during a Friday night Hollywood Bowl performance, describing the emotional toll of engaging with fans and performing

When you're a costume designer, you better understand what that person does," Mackie said. "What, as a performer, what kind of timing do they have? How do they move if they're a dancer? It's all you have to think about that. You don't just send them out in a sweet little dress and hope for the best. It doesn't work that way.— In an interview with GMA3 (November 2024).

I didn't want to be domestic. I wanted to be free. I had my songs to sing, I had an ambition and it burned inside me. It was something I knew would take me out of the mountains. I knew I could see worlds beyond the Smoky Mountains.

— Dolly Parton, in her 1977 Rolling Stone cover story