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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs."

"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder."

"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils."

"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."

"When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music."
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"I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart."


"Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes."


"As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job."


"Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit."


"I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity."
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