I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

It's a great day to be alive. I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes.

It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind.

The biggest cause of divorce is marriage.

Please tell me you will remember, no matter how much I do wrong that I had the best of intentions all along.

If you're gonna sing, sing loud.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.

When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

I'm a member of a country club, country music is what I love.

Happiness is essentially a gift

An action made by an unwitting man, shall not define, nor justify a common thought and interpretation.

The truth is beautiful, like you. The truth is you have been made perfect and are wholly loved. Chosen simply because you breathe, because you exist, because of who created you.

All I can say about life is Oh God enjoy it!

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.

I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

I don't care who you are, but you turn into a different person when you don't sleep.

It is a Chinese tradition that everyone has to be in everyone else's life.