Listen not to the critics who put their own dreams on the shelf.

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

Heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just beyond the fear. No, heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just for us to find it here.

Our future is not unpredictable, our future is simply the result of choices we have made.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, sometimes you've got to go against the grain.

I've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.