The artists who stick around for a while are the ones who go, 'Oh, that's cool, never thought of that. Ought to do that.'

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus

A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.

Children's lies are signs of great talent.

There is an essential goodness in Americans. They love this country.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.

Nothing was happening in the bedroom. I nicknamed our waterbed the Dead Sea.

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.

All religions will pass but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking into the distance.