I'm really interested in starting to write my own songs. I never really did, but hopefully I will because I'm so interested in writing my own songs.

Ain't nothing stronger than the heart of dixie.

I not only listen to country music - I have a like for R&B music.

I'm really interested in trying to learn how to play the guitar since I've got two of them! I can kind of mess around on the piano, but I'm going to start learning how to play the guitar.

THANK YOU everyone for supporting me and getting me in the top 3!!!! I love y'all!!!

Well I've always wanted to sing at something called The Houston Rodeo in my hometown, so hopefully I'll get to do that one day.

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

Good relationships depend upon recognizing that we are the source of our problems.

When things are bad, be thankful...they are not as bad as they could be.

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.

You must have your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.

Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.