A man who is right by your side through everything makes you happy. But he can leave your side to make dinner once in a while!

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

I am on the divorce detox diet. I only eat younger men

Don't make a deal with the devil.

The hardest thing about going to college should not be paying for it.

We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind

We possess nothing certainly except the past

What inspires me in life? The idea that the work and the rewards and the process is the thing.

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.

What is left unsaid gets in the way of the relationship. What is left unasked-for is a missed opportunity.

Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and nobody else, trying to hurt America.