In Nashville, as in every other city, there's no substitute for hard work.

Power thrills, consistency kills.

If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.

Just get out your magic pencil and erase the cloudy skies, and just draw a picture of me saying, I apologize.

Long before I was a star, I was a fan.

Sometimes the best songs almost write themselves

Time is one of my most valuable assets.

I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.My thought crosses the river I swim very slowlyBecause the suit men made it wear weighs it down.

Reading literature and engaging in writing breaks through the mental rigidity that experience and repetition breeds.

Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you, ever.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

With different scenarios and different places, I think it's easier for me to get inspired; I'm seeing different things.

I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'

I could die in this bed with him right now, wrapped in his arms and I would never know that I had died.

Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to actually move to Chicago.

Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.

I like people who don't take themselves too seriously.