You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.

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.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

I have more to say than Hemingway, and God knows, I say it better than Faulkner.

He that reads his Bible to find fault with it will soon discover that the Bible finds fault with him.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the universe, things that you hate about the universe. It's capable of doing both.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

If I ever modelled for Calvin Klein I'd give myself to a flock of fans to beat me silly with a baseball bat.

To know another's heart, you must first know your own.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

I tend to want to go quite big in my acting, which you just cannot do in front of a camera. It's taken me a while to learn how to pull it back.

People who are harder to love pose a challenge, and the challenge makes them easier to love. You're driven to love them. People who want their love easy don't really want love.