Stand up for what you believe. Follow your gut, which most of the time is your heart talking. This has been my hardest lesson. I have given this advice and not always followed it myself. The truth is, there is no other way.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.

I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.

All my life I've been pleasin' everyone but me, waking up in someone else's dream.