when you put your life in a good place, good things follow

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The life I love is making music with my friends.

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

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I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.

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We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.

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Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday's gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.

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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

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I got in at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2.

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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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