Don't it make my brown eyes blue?

It used to be that Nashville would work to develop promising artists.

Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.

Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once.

So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

Country is not what you heard on the Grammys.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

Women have to show that tummy to stay noticed.

The books must be read, not seen in a movie.

Diversity, not uniformity, is what works.

When the truffles arrived the paintings leaned off the wall toward them.

It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you but ever that of the present alone. Even this burden too can be lessened if you confine it strictly to its own limits.

Every time we look, they're killing Jews.

I love making people who already hate me hate me more.

Do not fret over the ignorant person; surely they have not had the opportunities which illuminated your path.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

Regardless of what we go through in life, there is always purpose wrapped within the pain.