I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

I don't feel like God called me to be a Gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer, he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

Look to the Heavens, you can look to the skies. You can find redemption staring back into your eyes.

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.

I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

You are the draftsman and craftsman of your own destiny.

Do you have any idea how frightening it is to care for someone who dreams? They infect you with their optimism. And soon you start to dream together. You begin to dare to hope.

Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you.

Given enough time and distance, the heart will always heal.

The key to understanding the Bible is Jesus Christ.

I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them.

If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

The objective of hypertext research is to save the planet.

Virat Kohli is an ODI batting legend