God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.

Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice.

He speaks four letter language because his mind is small. His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all.

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age.

Don't compromise your heart for something crass.

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.

The poetry of country music will survive.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends. And that music was Country Music.

Try but don't try too hard. Just try hard enough, and things will go better.

If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

It's the ego, not your soul which progresses when your passion turns into an obsession.

The moment the light of your being becomes bright, darkness will melt away to reveal the brightness of your consciousness.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy.

A hungry dog hunts best.

Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce?

Every thought creates form on some level and all that our physical experience is - is a reflection of our thoughts.

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.