“The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.”

Flesh is weak, but love is strong.

I’ve had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.

I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.

because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.

You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.

And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.

I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.

Oklahoma’s always been good to me.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.

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.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.

But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.

There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.

I do not have very much office experience.

Anyone who puts 110% into their work deserves as much success as they can get.

I regard myself as a woman who has seen much of life.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

I’m not much of a joke writer.

I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me

I spent so much time focusing on haters that I forgot about the people that actually love me. And that’s who I’m focused on this time around: the people that want to listen. The people that don’t want to listen, don’t listen. This is for the people that want to.