I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

He needs little who desires but little.

Every generation is inculcated in traditions of prejudice which are encouraged as normal, natural and healthy.

A change of style is a change of meaning.

I would say healthcare in Vietnam is so-so. There are several international clinics that are good but expensive and the care offered is limited.

I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am afraid of writing and then I'm afraid of not writing.

In my garden the winds have beaten the ripe lilies; in my garden, the salt has wilted the first flakes of young narcissus.

I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if there’s media around, it sends up a red flag. I never wanted to embarrass a player.

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.

It's a simple liberating reality - the best things in life are mine for the choosing.

Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are