For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

Do your best but do what is heartfelt and right.

Joy of giving, joy of receiving.

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Righteousness has never precluded adversity.

In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.

The United States trades more with the province of Ontario alone than with Japan.

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.