When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are

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.

Do you want me? I am yours.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

My scripts are always filled with notes. I like to just analyze everything from the point of view of the whole picture, of the movie, my whole picture.

I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing.

Don't swear in the Literal Heart of Jesus.

We should get rid of the SAT as fast as we can. Look, there are bigger problems in society. This is not the biggest problem we have. But it's so easy to get rid of it. Right? Just pull the plug.

Passion for God is not youth thing. It is a hunger thing.