I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.

I think women and children and older people are the three least-respected groups in our society.

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.

The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud - that's manly.

Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.

I once thought losing my confidence was the worst thing that could happen; then I lost my faith.

We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.

Love is like a promise. Once you break it.. it doesn't come back unless you really fight for it.

I'm not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.

It's a crazy busy schedule, but I still have two hours a day for school because it's a priority.

I have come to accept the real me. I have come to love the real me. I now celebrate the real me.

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.

Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.

[I want to be remembered] as a sweet Christian girl, who was always loving and kind to everyone.

I have a great family that loves me, a record deal at 14, and I get to do what I love every day.

I'd love to major in Music. I love what I do, but I want to really understand it, more in depth.

I think when you are doing a song you're trying to give people enough details that they connect.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

I don't live in regret land. I live in the now and in the future, and in the dreams that I have.

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

If I'm not on stage, I'm a pilot. I like flying planes; I have a little plane back in Nashville.

I don't believe in being a victim. I think with information and motivation, you can do anything.

A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.

No one else is going to do it for you, if you want it bad enough then go out and do it yourself.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.

I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?

I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss.

You can take the guy out of the neighborhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.

There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level.

I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song. And, I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

I felt my music wasn't aiming at anybody. Everything I was doing was because it was a good song.

This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking

My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'

I'm able to sometimes express things even more articulately on the piano than I am with singing.

I can make your girlfriend scream louder than you ever could just by pressing her follow button.

1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke".

I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too.

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