If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it`s a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

So many people bare their midriffs, I don`t know why mine is such an issue.

I don`t want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

I`m never at my best on television. There`s a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it`s very weird, very confusing.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it`s a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I`m doing.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that`s making me successful.

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That`s the only reason. It doesn`t sell your music for you.

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you`re really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That`s the way I`ve always lived my life.

It`s important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I`ve achieved since then is above and beyond.

Later in my life, I`m going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don`t give it my all right now I`ll regret it later. That`s very important to me, because I`ve worked all my life to have this.

I`m more private than people realize. I`m not that easy to get to know.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It`s the most fun thing I do.

Country music is still your grandpa`s music, but it`s also your daughter`s music. It`s getting bigger and better all the time and I`m glad to be a part of it.

My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I`m not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success.

It was just like a dream. I could have ended up with an album that`s not all that different from anything else coming out of Nashville. Mutt made the difference. He took these songs, my attitude, my creativity, and colored them in a way that is unique.

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you`ve put up your hair without looking.