“Life is not a one and done sort of deal. You've got to work for what you want.

“the end of the day, you are going to need to do more than think if you want to change your life.” 

Life is not a one and done sort of deal. You've got to work for what you want.

“IN any area of your life that you want to change, adopt this rule. Just do the things that you don’t want to do.” 

“Every phase of your life and career will require a different you. Using the Rule, you’ll become the person you’re meant to become in this next phase of your life.” 

“Facebook is nothing but heavily packaged “Kodak moments” that bear no relation to how people really live.” 

“Life is gritty and hard and then suddenly it is brilliant and amazing.” 

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

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!

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'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.

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.

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

Life is about holding on and letting go.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

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

The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew these songs were glorious. My dad also had records by Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and then there was also the Eagles and Don Henley. Anything Texas, which includes Don Henley, was big.

Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!

The only place that I wanna be is where you are, cause any more than a heartbeat away is just too far.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.

I think everybody has different priorities in their life. People live their lives differently. People become famous through all sorts of different reasons... some of it through art and some of it through just wanting to be famous. And I think how that all starts tends to reflect how you live your life daily.

Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!

It's not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you're looking for songs all year long and you're writing all year long.