I like a gooey cookie.

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.

Love passed, the Muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity new-found; now free, I once more weave together emotion, thought, and magic sound.

The bird loves her nest.

I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.

Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.

I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, 'She sounds like she's grown.'

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed.

People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different - I think most real marriages are.

Falling in love is a completely transcendent experience. It's like eating pizza-flavored ice cream

There is some joy in weeping. For our tears Fill up the cup, then wash our pain away.

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.