What's meant to be will always find a way.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

The heart power once engaged and awakened is capable of achieving and realising the things to make your life wonderful.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

Don't you hate it when...your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?

The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the defense of that freedom, all effort is pledged.

Boy, it's a tough planet if you want it to be. But a great planet if you let it.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?

The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.

The first thing you have to do is acknowledge the basic and fundamental goodness of all beings. If you don't, then you are going to have conflict. That's at the core of Shambhala.