My first place in Nashville was like Animal House. The whole band lived under one roof, and most nights the jam sessions ended close to sunrise.

I feel like I am in turbo mode as a student of entertainment.

I build an entire fort out of pillows. I need at least four pillows. I need on each side, I need one normal usage pillow for the back of my head, and I need another pillow just in case.

My best friend from college engineered my record. He and I keep in touch on just a purely one-music-fan-to-another basis.

Playing the Opry, when I get the opportunity - it's one of the coolest honors for any musician in any genre, but especially for a country musician.

No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

I'm really lucky to have some super-talented friends.

I try to aim high and put myself in positions where I'm the least experienced person.

Things have always happened better for me than I could plan them to.

Things just always seem to lead to the logical next step.

But us women, well, we like our egos stroked every once in a while and a boy mourning over us is a huge boost

Success is anything that gives you strength to work harder.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

To be honest, I don't listen to groups, really. Hardly ever. I know I'm in one, but I don't like them very much.

Sales is this cure all for this problem. Get people to give you their credit card and I guarantee you they're actually interested.

He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of the other kind who forsake the world after sensational debaucheries.

If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.

One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy.

You didn't have to be a huge rock star; you just had to do well enough to continue doing what you wanted to do. It wasn't about hitting the jackpot, it was about sustainability.

When you're overwhelmed by your emotion, you listen less and you judge more. This is also the reality of the dogmatic mind.