The one who actually decided that I should keep my name was my manager, Erv Woolsey.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

Never settle for the path of least resistance

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

Youth is feeling seventy years old, misanthropic, and ready to die at fifteen

Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

When I'm training hard, the diet is miserable.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

I just have to practice hard, get better, and go out there and win impressively - that's all it comes down to.

Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel. Consistency in acting in accordance with the Lord’s will is key.

There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.