I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete. And as long as there is breath in me, I'll make yours just as sweet.

Life's not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

She's a devil, she's an angel, she's a woman, she's a child. She's a heartache when she leaves you, but she'll leave you with a smile.

From here on after let's stay the way we are right now. And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow.

You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.

In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.

I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song. And, I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone.

The Lord doesn't want anybody in His house who has to be dragged there.

The day hope shall die, perplexity shall kill so many people. In so far as hope is alive, keep hoping!

You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.

Every given moment calls for you to examine the thoughts and beliefs in your mind to ensure that they are constantly in favor of your true destiny on earth.

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.

Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.

I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the go.

Love can sort of rebound and regrow and reinvent itself around a lot of things, but when somebody can't forgive themself for something, I think love sort of withers in that situation.