Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

There ain't no future in the past.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

Believe in God, the Creator of all possibilities.

I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men!

The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

It would have been a wonderful wedding - had it not been mine.

I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest.

There are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

When I dj at big venues I try to play tracks that I would want to hear if I were e'd up in a field with 50,000 other people.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.