As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

I love barbecue, its my favorite thing to eat.

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something.

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.

I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

I am grateful to the Lord for blessing my path as a writer.

Philosophy - the purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.

A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world.

Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very eyes.

Consequently, the sensuous aspect of art is related only to the two theoretical sensesof sight and hearing, while smell, taste, and touch remain excluded.

Peace is a nursing mother to the land.

Who’s to say what’s impossible? Well they forgot this world keeps spinning. And with each new day, I can feel a change in everything.

Death is the loss of everything all at once.

Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.

I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.