tonight, she talks about whitney houston, and the musical power of acrylic fingernails, in this, thelay list. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ i will always love you >> i wrote the song back in 1972 and it was based on a relationship that i had with porter waggoner. he had the number one syndicated television show in the country, at that time. but whitney is the one that took it worldwide and really made it a household word or song, i should say. kevin costner had loved the song and they were looking for a song to use in "the bodyguard." a month went by, didn't know anything. i was just in the car and then all of a sudden i went into the "i will always love you." ♪ and i >> and i thought i was -- it just everwhee overwhelmed me. i was watching her funeral. i was in tears, as everybody else, just shattered me to hear that song played under those conditions. when they lifted her coffin up and that song -- i thought my heart was going to stop. it just -- it just pierced me like a knife. ♪ my mother was a great singer. she would sing all the great old songs that i sang so many of them, lik

. >> i'm chewing on acrylic fingernails! >> let me see. i didn't even feel like i was at work that day. i mean, here's this girl dressed head to toe in this disco outfit, ready to tie the knot. where are your shoes? >> my shoes are over here. i haven't been this nervous since like -- we won't even say. i'm freaking nervous. >> she was a mile a minute. >> does my hair look okay? >> looks good. she was nervous and excited, and you know, not very different from a bride-to-be on the outside. >> are you sure i look okay? >> you look beautiful. >> jodi pulled herself together in time to meet the pastor who had arrived to perform the ceremony. >> there was actually no relationship between jodi and the pastor. >> jodi, how long have you known rodney? >> ronnie? >> ronnie. >> i have known him for many years, a long time. >> before he came here? >> yes. >> were you in love with him then? >> i wouldn't say in love with him, but i loved him. >> this is not just a contract you're signing. >> i understand that. it's a covenant. >> it is a covenant you'r