I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

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.

A task is only difficulty, when we not find the best strategy to get it done.

We would – or at least we should – take upon ourselves the ultimate task of our poet: to seek the face of God.

The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.

What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.

Every woman I know in the broadcast business worked hard so we can talk about sports, not talk about us talking about sports. Ultimately, that's the goal. When the game starts, it's just a game.

I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the woods. They scare me. All men. Dirty and wearing red.

My father? My father left when I was quite young. Well actually, he was asked to leave. He had trouble metabolizing alcohol.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Underground is underground, commercial is commercial. There's market for both, and both get money.

I mainly buy books in my free time.