Divorce is hard. I was about 29 when my husband and I split up. I think we probably fared better than most, because we were young and didn't have kids - but divorce is hard.

The thing about Nashville is, it's not just country music...There's rock & roll, there's every kind of music. It's just a music town...There's so much fun stuff to get in to.

The thing about taking risks is, if it’s really a risk, you really can fail. It’s only a pretend risk if you really can’t fail.

My life started being awesome five years ago.

My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over parts. I'm sure I was the bossiest one.

I'm obsessed with 'Thelma and Louise,' and therefore obsessed with Callie Khouri who wrote that movie.

I always want to stretch myself and do something that I haven't done before.

It’s funny – my married friends tell me all the time, 'What you have is so much easier.' When you’re doing it on your own, you don't have to [argue over] how you're raising the kids.

My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.

I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher.

Love as air loves the leaves.

I'd be somewhat of a lousy writer if I didn't know what to say.

In conclusion, I invite the media to all grow a pair. And if you can't, I will lend you mine.

Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America needs a political revolution.

Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate.

You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?

Focus On How To Be Social, Not On How To Do Social.

...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.