The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.

Oh, I think it's definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it's maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.

I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.

I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.