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

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.

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.

Even with all the negativeness of the whole social media thing, I still think it's leaps and bounds more positive.

This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate.

The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face.

But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.

I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.

Terrific! A successful blend of genres, complex and fascinating characters, and loads of suspense make 24 Bones a must-read.

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.