Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.

You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

If a song was ever good, it's still good.

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.

My fans are very forgiving. So are my wives and my kids.