We have never seen a career like George Strait's in this business, and I venture to say we never will again. He has handled things amazingly well.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.

I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

Never settle for the path of least resistance

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

I ended your experiment. Because you're not a scientist. You're a monster. I'm not leaving any of them at your mercy.

When reality hurts, make sure to soar above the dream-stained sky!

The two kinds of people on earth that I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean.

I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.

Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.