I'm a big sports fan in general.

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans Drip of honey on the money maker gotta be The best buzz I'm ever gonna find Hey, I'm a little drunk on you And high on summertime

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

we talk of plans that are going to happen.we talk of the future, as if we know we will last.there is a sort of comfort in that.

More you know, better advice you give. Less you know, more advice you give.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.

Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

I think it's more interesting if you go all the way with the world you have, and really look at it, and push it to an even more extreme extreme.

Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.

Memory, that library of the soul from which I will draw knowledge and experience for the rest of my life.