It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

She was ugly from the front, and I said ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Well, I could handle it behind her.

Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If youre not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, youre kind of stuck.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.