I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.

May the simple things be amazing on the journey of your life.

I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.

Back down a country road the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.

Everyone has their own path and you cant judge.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

Anytime you put your name on a ticket with nothing else attached to it, that's the true testament to where you are in your career - how many tickets are sold.

I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that.

I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

I like to take my dog on the road. He stays up front; he likes it there.

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment.

No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.

The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

I cannot fight everyone at once. I have to take one at a time.

We have to burn brightly. We can’t burn forever

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

A man can be beaten in two ways, if he gives up or he dies.

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.