I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

Вера в себя способна творить такие же чудеса, как вера в Господа Бога.

[On men:] I'm torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one.

I can’t tell by looking in your eyes whether you’re a priest or a crook.

Every ill man hath his ill day.

Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.

I don't like the term 'voice-over.

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.

When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.

Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.

You can never prepare yourself enough to see your mug shot and DUI.