Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

I would love to do a duet with Tim McGraw. I think that would be fun.

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me.

I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.

I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

I think music changes and it evolves.

I love music, that it changes so much, but I also want to keep a bit of the country roots to make it country. I don't want to go too far away from it, or I would do pop music.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

L.A. was never me. Nashville is my home.

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors or to see themselves as others see them.

I've watched other people singing, I've become a much better singer. I've become a singer that plays the piano instead of a piano player that sings.

Ever since I got married I've been thinking night and day about whose fault it was, and every time I think about it, out comes a new fault to eat up the old one; but always there's a fault left.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.

Isn't it amazing how much better you listen when you are in need?

Dreams are like letters from God. Isn't it time you answered your mail?

I don't believe in angels but the moon is now dead for me. The last glass of wine is gone before the thirst I'm suffering from. The blue grass lost its way running away from your sails.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.