..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

You changed my life. You changed my ways. I don't even recognize myself these days. It must be a reflection of you, only you.

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

If it's a real dream it's uncrushable.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

The creative act is not performed by the artist alone

Don’ttempt the scorpion if you don’t want toget stung.

What one can be, one must be!

The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.

Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

True creativity is more likely if you are more relaxed

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

The fall of a given weight from a height of around 365 meters corresponds to the heating of an equal weight of water from 0° to 1°.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.