Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.

Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.

I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.

I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.

No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

There's nothing cooler than a good fitting, worn-in pair of Wrangler jeans, so it's great that with the new Retro line, my fans can go out and rock the same styles that I love.

I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.

I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.

There is no right person or wrong person. They only differ in the level of consciousness.

I touched you and my life stopped

Writers fly with imaginary wings.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

What is so striking about Liberia is that in a place where there is so much to be done, I have never seen so many people with nothing to do.

It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.

Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.