I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

You changed my life. You changed my ways. I don't even recognize myself these days. It must be a reflection of you, only you.

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

If it's a real dream it's uncrushable.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

Do good or bad people will always have something to say

The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones, and the age of oil won’t end because we run out of oil.

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.

The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree.

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.

I realize that was becoming a contradiction in terms, especially after my friend Alison Krauss was shot and killed in Kent State in 1970 on campus by the National Guard.

Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.