I don't chase what everyone else is looking for. Being creative is all about you.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

There ain't no future in the past.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

The nature of Christ is love

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me.

It's easier and sociabler to talk technique than it is to make art.

Throw not my words away, as many do;They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.

I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

The soft mellow warble of the bluebird, heard at its best throughout spring and early summer, is one of the sweetest, most confiding and loving sounds in nature.