“But dreams move on, if you wait too long.”

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It’s actually the opposite of that. It’s realizing that we’re all humans, and that’s why God sent his Son to this earth – to save people.

I don’t think there’s any accidents in my life.

I went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I’m from.

Well, I can’t write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.

This table’s a bit like life. It’s a circle. And I believe everything in life is a circle. You come into this world a little teeny wrinkled-up fetus

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

I’m so miserable without you, it’s almost as if you’re here!

There has always been a battle between good and evil.

Don’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don’t think it’d understand.

My kids learned to color on this table. There’s been a lot that’s went around this table. Waylon Jennings sat right there in that chair and showed Miley the chords to ‘Good Hearted Woman.’ Sitting in that chair.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a real deep thinker and stuff.

Miley would never have been Hannah Montana.

But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone.

John showed up to rehearsal with a long list of name suggestions, and I remember each and every one of them.

Be who you like as long as you mean it.

I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.

The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.

As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.

During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.