“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.”

“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.”