Things have always happened better for me than I could plan them to.

My first place in Nashville was like Animal House. The whole band lived under one roof, and most nights the jam sessions ended close to sunrise.

I feel like I am in turbo mode as a student of entertainment.

I build an entire fort out of pillows. I need at least four pillows. I need on each side, I need one normal usage pillow for the back of my head, and I need another pillow just in case.

My best friend from college engineered my record. He and I keep in touch on just a purely one-music-fan-to-another basis.

Playing the Opry, when I get the opportunity - it's one of the coolest honors for any musician in any genre, but especially for a country musician.

No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

I'm really lucky to have some super-talented friends.

I try to aim high and put myself in positions where I'm the least experienced person.

Things just always seem to lead to the logical next step.

Have an intention, take action, and then learn on the way to success.

The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before?

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out.

I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of a dress.

I was always very comfortable with who I was. Confident. I’ve never looked at [my body] in a negative way.

The night I was born, Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red.

What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

[On Venice:] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.