Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.

Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.

I grew up in southeastern Oklahoma on a working cattle ranch, and it was always very romantic to me: The West, the cowboy, the Western way of life.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.