“Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.”

God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.

Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you.

Let’s get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.

It’s an ongoing problem, an ongoing situation, life is. It’s just life, and it never stops and it never will. You just be thankful for what you’ve got, and move on.

Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.

I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.

You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

Freedom is control in your own life.

Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.

When I see someone I think is cool, he’s a pretty well-adjusted individual. He’s not too affected one way or the other by what’s happening, no matter what’s going through his mind.

As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.

There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.

The objective of education should be impressed on the children’s minds. The academic education of today is shallow and useless because it has no value orientation.

Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.

Being famous is like a dream come true but it’s really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don’t want to lose being a kid.

I will suggest that the great aim of our education is to bring out of the child who comes into our hands every faculty that he brings with him, and then to try to win that child to turn all his abilities, his powers, his capacities, to the helping and serving of the community which is a part.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.

I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always loved words, ever since I was a kid.

The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.