But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.

How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

Anything worth doing, is worth doing all the way. Just know you'll have to live with all the choices that you make.

It really has lifted my spirits. It's intensified my faith, given me more hope. That's what music does for me.

Without God, I don't see how folks cope.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.