I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

You changed my life. You changed my ways. I don't even recognize myself these days. It must be a reflection of you, only you.

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

If it's a real dream it's uncrushable.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

The love of money can do wicked things to one's soul.

Look as a painted man is no man and as painted fire is no fire so a cold prayer is no prayer.

I think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the American people. But at a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground.

The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

If suddenly you get depressed, it doesn't have to throw you. You can push those emotions aside. You can cultivate happy emotions or become emotionless when you need to be very sensitive.

Ninety percent of metabolic oxygen comes from breathing. Ten percent comes from food.

There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.

Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.