You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

But these days, it's hard to make it just on a beautiful voice.

It used to be that Nashville would work to develop promising artists.

There was a time when country never used to do videos.

So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing.

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.

You're either in it for the long haul or you're not.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

Country is not what you heard on the Grammys.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once.

Women have to show that tummy to stay noticed.

Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.

Music is universal; it's healing.

When my dad died, I developed a nervous habit. He was very shy and quiet, and I was like him.

You have to be committed or you fall behind lose out.

While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions.

To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup.

When I want to explain why empowering girls and women is critical to fighting poverty, I often tell a person's story. It's easier to relate to a personal story than to global data telling us that the majority of the billion people who live on less than $2 per day are women and girls. We are often told to never treat a person like a statistic.

I think success is finding happiness! Everyone certainly has different goals in life, and things that are important to them, and also things that are not important to them.

I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Of course there is a monkey. There is always a monkey.

Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or communications we are witnessing unprecedented global transformation - the result of which is impossible to predict.

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Grupo Limite is always going to be a major highlight of my life. We worked so hard, sometimes touring for 10 months at a time.

It's incredible, but I think a lot of people it shot over their heads 'cause they're used to just getting images and messing around with them, and for us to do something quite so 'designed' was a bit of a shock.

I don't take my fans' love and dedication for granted.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music.

Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.

Marathons don't come to you overnight.

Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dependent, and what's merely enriched by reading/viewing in a particular order.