I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.

Listen to advice, but follow your heart.

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.

A good country song takes a page out of someone's life, and puts it into music.

Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.

I let my eyes deceive me from the start, they told me I wanted her more than I wanted you. Guess my eyes were bigger than my heart.

This time I hurt her more than she loves me.

I'm the only thing I'll ever hold against you.

You seldom hear any young artists in country music.

Sure, I can sing a country song, but so can a lot of people.

It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.

Live your life like you're exactly who Jesus thinks you are.

Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out.

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

Nature has not fitted man to any specific environment.

It's gonna be a slobberknocker!

Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-Good Night!

When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy.

There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but because I worked hard.

That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed.