His smile brought back the best times, sweet memories of nights together... stirring up those old feelings that got me thinkin' bout forever.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

Never settle for the path of least resistance

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

Association brings impartation

You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who've lost all ray of hope You know, it ain't even safe no more In the palace of the Pope

As climbers, we need to learn to be good stewards of the land and take care of these places where we are spending so much time.

When I think about the stuff I turned down it's kind of insane.

I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself.

Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy, except what remedy I find within myself.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

You can't write about a horrible restaurant - if it's a Ma & Pa restaurant no one wants to see you kick Ma & Pa in the chops.

It's how you prioritize in life.

To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.