But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.

Young people are the key to this election.

I don't think where people come from is that important. It doesn't matter if you come from reality TV. The question is whether you can inspire people.

The child-teacher relationship is crucial.

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and I think I snorted it somewhere in 1979