Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.

I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

You can run for cover, you can run for help. You can run to your lover, but you can't ever run from yourself.

I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.

Love should be simple, but it's not. Hate should be hard, but it's easy.

The world says they'll never make it, love says they will.

But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help.

I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.

Each child is a unique person, so raise your child taking this fact intoconsideration.

God’s wisdom makes Christians different from other people.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

The brightest light makes the blackest mark.

With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.

Time, time, time, see what's become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please

I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.

A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.