No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

The doctrine of a soul that outlives the body is anything but righteous, because it necessarily devalues the lives we live on this earth.

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.

Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

Any good athletic is always in a state of perpetual training, as is the Zen student.

The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you.

The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.