Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.

Dancing - that's really what I do at parties. I dance and I hang out with friends. That's my partying.

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

'Dream Police' was in the can and ready to go when 'Budokan' started taking off worldwide, sales-wise.

My 13 year old, my girl Missy, has made four feature films. She's the most grounded, level-headed kid.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different.

I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

I approach everyday personal beauty very naturally; I try to make it look like I'm not wearing makeup.

When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

The mainstream is very fickle. If you're hot, they'll mess with you. If you're not, it's out of there.

The most important thing about my profession is finding the truth, finding the reality of these shows.

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

I was wasting my time, praying for love. For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.

The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.

When I found out I was in the top 13 I was freaking out and crying it was such a joyous moment for me.

Down to my last dime and coming apart at the seams. I'm messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Be content to be what you are; shiny stones and silver bangles only make you look what you really are.

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.

I've been collaborating a lot, because I like working that way. It's fun and keeps you moving forward.

It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with.

The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.

Golf is like an 18-year-old girl with big boobs. You know it's wrong but you can't keep away from her.

They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.

I love to walk in the forest and take my bike. I love to watch the little birdies. I'm a green person.

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.

I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.

I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.

I'm touched by rock n' roll. I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.

He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.

Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

There's no formula for choosing songs. I've beeen lucky over the years. You just hear it and you do it.

Effort is required to live life of others, but to live our own every action comes all and only natural.

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.

I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.'

It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs.

I pledged to work for righteousness. God's given me inspiration. God's the boss, he tell me what to do.

Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner, there ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

Unfortunately it's hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.

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