There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).

Shames the shadow of love she thought

Whenever I look at a baby or children in general, I smile and just want to play with them.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.

I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on.

Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?

Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.