A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words

And it only hurts when I'm breathing My heart only breaks when it's beating My dreams only die when I'm dreaming So, I hold my breath--to forget

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.

I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything.

Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that's not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique.

I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question.

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.

I enjoyed working at McDonald's.

I love music.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.

It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

When everything goes without a hitch, where's the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you're made of?

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

You can't just turn love on and off.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.

My father was a beautiful man.

It's very hard to be honest with yourself when something's just not working.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

How could such a powerful animal possess so generous a temperament as to carry man obediently and thoughtfully through the ages

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

I don't take any day for granted anymore.

I really can't imagine not singing again.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

It's more important to be comfortable with you weight, no matter what it is, as long as you are healthy and energetic to meet the personal goals and demands you have set in your life.

I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

I like being at home and cooking.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.