The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

Do not collaborate with someone you would not go camping with.

The artist must say it without saying it.

Speak the truth. Give whatever you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you Into the presence of the gods.

Where words cease, there music begins.

I was so devastated by my second divorce that I had a nervous breakdown.

As far as heroes thorough the years, I’d say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

We're receiving information from all the planes of our consciousness all the time, but we don't acknowledge their existence; we treat the information as static, as noise.

I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.