Fool you once, you are forgiven. Fool you twice, you're just a fool.

I take my chances. I can't cling to remorse or regret.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to that in some way.