I wasn't a great background singer.

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.

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough

We are chameleons and our partialities and prejudices change places with an easy and blessed facility.

You can't lose yourself.

Haters are going to hate.

I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software design.

In France, history is paralyzing.

It is always easy to criticize, as Bernie Ecclestone is somebody with extreme opinions.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

The life which is not examined is not worth living.