J.M.W. Turner Quotes

I have an incredibly supportive husband and family and an incredibly well-adjusted daughter.

I'm most excited to meet Jon Hamm at the Emmys.

I think what really clicked for me was when I started booking commercials as a dancer... just being on set and seeing every element of production, it was magic to me.

When the whistle blew and the call stretched thin across the night, one had to believe that any journey could be sweet to the soul.

Well, with all the experiences I have had, I would say the most disappointing ones are the ones when I have not taken enough.

When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.

There were around 1,000 stores when I was made president.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.

I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage.

They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.

I still play Strat, I don't know nothing else. Strats and Telecasters.

We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.

It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on writing. How not to drown.

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die.

There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.

Her days come and go like birds, her dreams like days.

I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding.

My desire is to walk with God every day.

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.

I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies.

I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

We all have those days when you feel like you're against the world, every little thing goes wrong and your blood pressure is up. And you feel like punching somebody!

It's so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world.

Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.

I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around.

When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.

Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey thats slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least.

I don't ever land on an album title until I know exactly what's going on the record, because you never know until it's all said and done.

What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.

A No. 1 record is hard to come by.

I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father.

When a copier sales person cold calls a purchasing manager whom he has never met is it any surprise that the purchasing manager will most likely never return that call?

I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what.

I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and think about writing songs. It's not like that anymore, needless to say.

I haven't always been the guy that walks into a room and automatically the attention is on me. I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride.

Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.

I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.

'All Over Me' is a song that I really got fired up the first time I heard it: it just really moved and it really had a lot of energy.

Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.

The best role is always ahead.