You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans Drip of honey on the money maker gotta be The best buzz I'm ever gonna find Hey, I'm a little drunk on you And high on summertime

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

[Bill] Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican.

To have a positive influence on someone's life is a blessing.

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

The hangover was brutal but he didn't mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good.

Global warming causes volatility. I feel it when I'm flying.

The miracle is that a work of art should live in the person who reads it.

Everybody's dream is to be in the big leagues, but only one in a million gets here.

I never got married anyway, because I wasn't particularly keen on accepting the responsibility of another person.

There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight.

Death is not goodbye.