I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

If ever I could love I think it could be with you If ever thought I found somebody so true I wonder if you feel The same way that I do If ever I could love I think it could be with you

There are certain songs that are sacred. People want to hear them just as they are in their head; they don't want you messing around with them. And then there are some other songs, if they've been around a long time in our set list, that I think we can take some creative liberties with.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record.

I'm letting go of all my lonely yesterdays, I've forgiven myself for the mistakes I've made, now there's just one thing, the only thing I wanna do. I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.

They're mostly done before we went into the studio, although I do like writing in the studio.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

Day after day you find a way to make this grown man cry.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

Yeah a picture paints a thousand words it’s true, But it’s still not enough for how I feel about you. I wanna put you in a melody, I gotta set you to a groove

I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think.

I tend to write better when I'm not touring.

And if I get it right everybody will be singing along, yeah And when they see you on the street they’ll say, 'Hey, ain’t you the girl in that song?

Take your records take your freedom, Take your memories I don't need 'em, Take your space and all your reasons, But you'll think of me.

Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

Raw is a good place for an artist. It's where the truth comes out.

Sometimes I just cry at random stuff!

Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.

You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.

If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.

To hell with facts! We need stories!

That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.

What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it.

The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

“Change your decisions and you’ll change your life. And what will change your decisions more than anything? Courage.” 

“If you can’t get yourself out of bed, then you’ll never be able to pursue all of the other changes that you want to make in your life. And if you take that simple step of taking control of your mornings, you’ll catalyze a chain of events that leads to change everywhere.” 

“There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. Don’t let it be you.” 

“Right before we’re about to do something that feels difficult, scary or uncertain, we hesitate. Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than—you guessed it—five seconds.” 

“Pick a plan to follow, any plan will do—and then 5- 4- 3- 2- 1-GO. The only thing you will need to choose after that is choosing each and every day to DO IT” 

“We’re discovering that many of our feelings are just a kind of sophisticated shorthand for all sorts of complex calculations that are constantly occurring in the back of your brain. Your” 

“This is where the #5SecondRule comes into play—you don’t have to want to do it, you just have to push yourself to do it.” 

“It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” 

“Procrastination is not a form of laziness at all. It’s a coping mechanism for stress.” 

“pushing yourself to take simple actions creates a chain reaction in your confidence and your productivity.” 

“Win or lose, at least I'm doing something.” 

“I may not be perfect, but I am worthy.” 

“Anytime there’s something you know you should do, but you feel uncertain, afraid, or overwhelmed…just take control by counting backwards 5- 4- 3- 2- 1. That’ll quiet your mind. Then, move when you get to “1.” Counting” 

“You do the same thing every time you whine about problems but do nothing to fix them.” 

“Seth Godin once wrote “a different part of our brains is activated when we think about what’s possible rather than what’s required.” I believe the same is true when we think about being courageous, rather than focusing on the fears that stop us. It’s the difference between focusing on the solution rather than the problem, and that tiny switch is mentally liberating.” 

“That’s an instinct reminding you of the goal. That’s your inner wisdom, and it’s important to pay attention to it, no matter how small or silly that instinct may seem.” 

“You change your life one five-second decision at a time. In” 

“If you have the courage to start, you have the courage to succeed.” 

“Will it be your Heart that wins, or your Fear?”