If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

Madness is the acme of intelligence.

As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

Time ... is the life of the soul.

It's a different kind of economic recovery. The kind where bankers steal trillions and you don't have a job.

There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.

I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.

There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God.

Whenever you're unhappy, your emotions are telling you that the people or things around you are not conforming to your vision of the world, or the way you think things should be.

My gut and intuition told me it wasn't time to do this.

Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and He calms you