I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make it country. I don't want to go too far away from it, or I would do pop music.

I would love to do a duet with Tim McGraw. I think that would be fun.

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me.

I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.

I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

I think music changes and it evolves.

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

L.A. was never me. Nashville is my home.

The human conscience is reliable only when it is guided by the Holy Spirit.

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

I'm always throwing out ideas, so it's not creativity, it's just volume.

And it falls to a true leader to see to it that his or her people have an inspiring vision to pursue.

Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.

We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.

I love going to all kinds of movies, I screen DVDs in my house, but I go to the theatre a lot in the afternoon. I don't get bugged because there aren't many people around.

I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.

Allow yourself to experience what it is to learn step by step the freedom that comes from being unattached to the outcome, but operating from an empowered heart.

Sustained motivation is essential to achieving your potential.