[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends. And that music was Country Music.

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.

Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice.

He speaks four letter language because his mind is small. His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all.

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age.

Don't compromise your heart for something crass.

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.

The poetry of country music will survive.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.

Try but don't try too hard. Just try hard enough, and things will go better.

Before you assume, learn. Before you judge, understand. Before you hurt, feel. Before you say, think.

Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.

People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

I have said that Mr. Trump's language is divisive.

As you grow older, you'll find that you enjoy talking to strangers far more than to your friends.

One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.

It's the same old story, all you think about is money.

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.