Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning/Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by/They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?

I'm just trying to get the best sound and have it be consistent and make sense with what I'm going through in my life.

I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.

Life is like a wrestling match- we struggle to fight but we never know that the only side that wins is the one with great love in it.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

When I follow my heart, usually the results are good.

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.