When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans Drip of honey on the money maker gotta be The best buzz I'm ever gonna find Hey, I'm a little drunk on you And high on summertime

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

He stopped his act to take a snapshot of that instant he would so treasure- her delightful laughter that could make him do anything, anything at all, in the world and beyond!

Sometimes, you have to go Insane, to Outsane, the Sane. You know what i'm Sanin?

Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics

The earth has music for those who listen.

Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to shine and to burn

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

I don't feel old or young, I just am

I'll give you the same advice I give my children: Never take advice from anybody.

Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future

My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.