Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

A country song is a song about life.

Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.

To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

Tonight I'm the designated drinker.

I'm usually just enjoying life.

I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it's wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.

We all dream of finding that one person whom will love us even after there are no more tomorrows.

It all takes time and lessons and places, but I’m learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to “go, go, go!

There are so many things I could say about you but none of them can describe you fully. You are the beauty I was waiting for. The love of my life of whom I dreamed day and night.

For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

Where the mouth is sweet and the eyes intelligent, there is always the look of beauty, with a right heart.

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.

To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

While we pursue the unattainable, we make impossible the realizable.

It was autumn and falling stars Covered the shrivelled forms Crouched in the moonlight.

I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.