Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

My first love, you're every breath that I take, you're every step I make

Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.

No one can deny, this love I have inside, and I'll give it all to you, my endless love.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.

Soul is a feeling, not a color.