Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

A country song is a song about life.

Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.

To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

Tonight I'm the designated drinker.

I'm usually just enjoying life.

I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..

Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.

Cheat me not with time, with the dull ache of flesh, for all flesh turns, even the loveliest ankle and frail thigh, to bitterest dust.

In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.

Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.

Meditation is the only way you can grow. Because when you meditate, you are in silence, you are in thoughtless awareness. Then the growth of awareness takes place.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.