God has been with me in my whole career.

Stand up for what you know is right.

If you wrote something, you deserve to get paid and recognized for your work. No one should take a bow with another man's hat.

A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that.

I was put here to sing.

I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again.

Discover and understand the true essence of time so as to know how best to utilize and effectively manage it

What matter is the information, not what you think about it.

I do not like talking casually to people - it does not interest me - and most of them are unwilling to talk at all seriously.

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

The biggest chance you can take in life is by not taking any chances at all. It's important, but music is my heart and this is what makes me the most revenue, so be grit, don't quit.

Everybody has this idea: You have children, and your entire life is complete. That's how I imagine it. I imagine I'll have children and then my whole life will just seem complete.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.

There is a way to master silence Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners And listen to the hiss of time outside

God has not forgotten To give us peace. He is just waiting for us To ask for it.