Forget aging. If you're six feet above ground, it's a good day.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

Work harder to become better person. There is no guarantee how long we are going to be here. Enjoy life.

Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

Your past does not determine who you are. Your past prepares you for who you are to become.

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing.

Because I'm thinking in a broader way, I feel like I am able to make better decisions.