I'm very competitive but in a very nice way

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

Not easy, not at all for everyone to see the beauty of one's self/soul. It's all about money, nothing else.

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.

In the past, I've thrown myself into work so much there's been very little room for anything else.

I do esteem individual liberty above everything.

Young girls come up to me all the time to ask for advice. They see me as a survivor.

In L.A. you hear all these stories of people being filmed in their own homes through their windows. I think that is so scary.

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possible.

Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.

There are so many things that go into a surgical study.