Well I'm an eight ball shooting, double-fisted drinking son of a gun

To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.

I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it should be country.

I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular.

My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl.

Good music is good music.

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.

Let me get a big 'hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me, hell yeah.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to hearing my name being mentioned alongside all these other legendary artists that have come before me.

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

Today, if you were to look at my CD collection, it might scare some people.

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respe

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it.

There are so many flaws, .. I don't think they can be fixed.

Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.

What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.

A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate on what you will create as a result.

I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.

I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film.

I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken. Love requires a leap of faith into the abyss, every time.