The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

There are some things you can’t learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.

My best friend is Lily Aldridge. Her daughter's my godchild.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.

It's a sponge and I'm a sponge and for a second there all our sponge parts are one and I don't just have square pants, everything about me is squarish because I'm part of a wall.

I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.

I love someone who can make me laugh. And someone who's secure - I think that's sexy.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.