I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.

I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money

As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.

Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place.

While we got hotter and thirstier as the heat beat down on us. The somebody would call in a voice full of elation

Looking back on my achievements, it is fair to say that I am extremely proud of what I have done and accomplished so far.

It's not an act, it's just my way.

You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

I think, ” Jace said, “that you don’t want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because...

I lost twins at 14 weeks, and I had to have an D and C on my birthday.

I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

I like to be challenged acting wise and I like to do things that I'm scared of.

The government invented the Internet.

No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us

Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change.