When I got into my early 20s, I was going to bed one nightI was still drinking, still using drugs, and probably was drunk or high or both when I just….

The teacher left her wisdom, in the minds of lots of children, and did her best to give them all a better start..

I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fa….

America is not divided, our enemies they will be stopped. Cause we the people are united, and still one nation under God..

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have..

Armies gather in the East for the war that's soon to come. Death will march with the mark of the beast, so seek the light and walk with the Son..

Maybe we could learn a little lesson, maybe this all shine a little light, cause there's no healthy way to mess with the line between wrong and right..

I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16..

After youve been married quite a few years, you learn to take orders; it just comes easy..

I never felt at peace with anything or anybody..

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project..

I never thought I'd be a good influence on anybody with anything I did or said or sang..

You almost felt sorry for the devil cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer, when Mama prayed..

I know the author of my every breath, oh that's Jesus..

I never had peace of mind..

I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown to the hard rock bottom of your heart..

I'm singing. I'm a singer!.

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them..

History will tell the story, America will always stand..

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down..

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do..