A good country song takes a page out of someone's life, and puts it into music.

Listen to advice, but follow your heart.

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.

Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.

I let my eyes deceive me from the start, they told me I wanted her more than I wanted you. Guess my eyes were bigger than my heart.

This time I hurt her more than she loves me.

I'm the only thing I'll ever hold against you.

You seldom hear any young artists in country music.

Sure, I can sing a country song, but so can a lot of people.

I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.

It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.

Some of the things you believe were never true. They were someone else's fears. Give yourself a chance to examine your thoughts. Change those that are negative. You are deserving.

When I talk with people, I don't even see what they are wearing . . . No, I recognize it if it's something particularly nice and interesting. I see the exception.

Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.

We seem to be young, in a very old Galaxy. We're like kids tiptoeing through a ruined mansion.