I think the true rock fans are pretty loyal.

I feel that my ear candy is a little different from the ear candy most people are receiving right now.

You know, I think when people fly the nest a little too soon, as far as getting involved in movies, anything beyond the music can make it suffer, I just want to make sure that I'm not that guy.

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.

If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find.

The same things go on everywhere, whether you're from the city, the country or wherever.

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

We never got on a big, big tour, but we did a lot of spot dates.

I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.

The opposite of manliness isn’t cowardice

...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the things set apart, the objects of His people He is jealous of.

I do not 'get' ideas ideas get me.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

Divorce is hard. I was about 29 when my husband and I split up. I think we probably fared better than most, because we were young and didn't have kids - but divorce is hard.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Now I know that I don't have to go after every batter with the hardest pitch I've got.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

When people are getting richer and richer but they're not actually producing anything, it can't end well.

Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.