“Freedom is control in your own life.”

“Freedom is control in your own life.”

“I'm a romantic slob!”

“If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.”

“It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.”

“A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.”

“Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.”

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”

“Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.”

“All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it.”

“There are more serious problems in life than financial ones and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before and will be again. Heartbroke? That's serious. Lose a few bucks? That's not.”