I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

There ain't no future in the past.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

It could be our own private universe.

God's breath is like a fresh wind that renews us. Frail and weak as we are, we have hope. We find healing.

It is very difficult to motivate people to revolution when they are extremely comfortable and well off.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

I have a certain experience of the way people tell lies.

Philosophers tend to radically underestimate the distance between abstract principles (such as "reduce suffering") and what it might actually mean for people to act on them.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along.

I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.