The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

I will not say: do not weep

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

I want to see how far I can go and how good I can be, whether it's in the classroom or on the football field.

I really wish I could sing so I could front a band, because that would be a dream come true, totally. I want to sing. Can't do it though.

The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.

We have met the enemy and have asked them over later for drinks and dancing.

George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between.

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.