The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.

The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

To heal from the inside out is the key.

We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart.

You have to fill your cup. You then give away the overflowing, but you keep a cupful for yourself.

I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the fans who get married to my music, have children to my music and play my music at their funerals.

When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

I am a child of God.

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

I also believe my musical abilities are a true gift from God.

I don't take my fans' love and dedication for granted.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Without love in you life, you have nothing.

Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given.

Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.

I always make music that is true to my spirit.

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.