Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've had to pray a lot!

We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout.

Our lives are entwined with the people over the footlights. We are a part of them.

Every dog has it's day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weakend.

I'm just trying to matter.

I chose to be Mrs. Johnny Cash in my life. I decided I'd allow him to be Moses and I'd be Moses' brother Aaron, picking his arms up and padding along behind him.

For the last 20 months, I've just been going from one hospital to another.

I have always enjoyed being a part of his life. I've always loved him, and he's always loved me.

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.

I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.

I doubt love can do little else, if it cannot bring back people back from the dead.

I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.

My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

Do you think that I am an old man? I could prove to this congregation that I am young; for I could find more girls who would choose me for a husband than can carry any of the young men.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Our leadership class's real accomplishment is résumé padding.

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.

But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is here today, and may be gone tomorrow.