And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

Never settle for the path of least resistance

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

And so that means..." "We have to rob the Henley," Simon said. Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

Birth control is the means by which woman attains basic freedom.

I was educated by the nuns. Guilt and discipline — combine those and you'll be pretty productive.

It is a well-known fact that we see the faults in other's works more readily than we do in our own.

Every office interprets business casual differently. Feel out your office!

The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.