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

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.

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.

I like to fish when it's not too hot.

Millennias old lies can be gradually accepted as truth.This is the real ultimate power of historical engineering.

Wealth lost-something lost Honor lost-much lost Courage lost-all lost.

The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination - what do you dream of wanting to do?

A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.

I just want to keep trying to surprise myself and I want to keep challenging myself.

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.

How Far back must we go to discover the beginning of trouble?

The only difference between me and the fans is I can't eat or drink during the game and you guys can't make moves. Besides that, we are pretty much the same people.