Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.

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.

Imagine no limitations

A day without love and gratitude is a day without significance and wasted.

It is through the institution of families that children are brought up in an orderly manner

We have it in ourselves to do what we are meant to do.

Is that not the Promethean fable, that the fire stolen from the gods will light men their way even while it burns their hands?

I hate you most because you attract, but are not strong enough to pull me to you.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

How many times has the end of the world been predicted? The same number of times the prediction has proved false.

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.