I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

No one can tell what is righteous and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.

My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.

Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built.

The trouble with the social-democratic state is that, when government does too much, nobody else does much of anything.

We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.

Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.

My love is unique. No one can rival her, for she is the most beautiful girl alive. Just by passing, she has stolen my heart.