I don't need to be 19 years old or starve myself for some weight or turn men's heads down that road. And thank God I finally know that.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.

Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.

I’m not only my father’s daughter, but also a daughter of the nation he founded. And protecting both is what I’ve always done.

It is sad but true that many business people have no business being in business.

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.

It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.

I am an observer of life, a non-participant who takes no sides. I am in the regimented society, but not of it.

One of the most important things is just to be kind to other people. That is absolutely really important to us, and important to me. That's something that you need to help your kids with, for sure.