I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

You must transform your confidence in order to transform your body.

Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.

Great stories move through fear.

If only we could see the value of one soul like God does.

Life is a lottery that we've already won. But most people have not cashed in their tickets.

The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity.

Lemons clean everything. It's the greatest disinfectant.

It's amazing in the blink of an eye you finally see the light.

Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.

I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it should be surrounded by a train.