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.

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

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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.

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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.

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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.

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I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

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If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

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Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

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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.

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