Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.
I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.
If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.
I was always obsessed with other performers doing their thing, and Britney 'Live in Las Vegas' from 2001 is my absolute favorite tour DVD of all time.
In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.
I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.
My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
'She's Country' obviously changed a lot of things for us and pretty much, I think, doubled our crowd size in just a few months time.
Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.
People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.
I have a harder time finding somebody. The problem is we were growing professionally during the years most people were concentrating on being a person.
I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.
I didn't spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring.
One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made.
It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.
If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.
Sometimes I journal three pages, sometimes I journal thirty pages, but I'm writing all the time, and whatever's happening is happening in real time for me.
