My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.

I don't feel like God called me to be a Gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer, he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

Look to the Heavens, you can look to the skies. You can find redemption staring back into your eyes.

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.

I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

Education is the light switch for the mind. You have to turn it on to see the world in your own way.

Sometimes life hands us a mirror and dares us to take a look.

Everyone‟s got a story and everyone thinks theirs is worth telling and worth listening to.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.

My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband.

The Republicans have bought into the idea that people hate them because they're opposed to everything.

I always have applesauce in my fridge, and when traveling I take protein bars just in case I get hungry. They're my go-to snack.

The way to build your savings is by spending less each month.