Everything that can be invented has already been invented.
Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.
If you carry around anger and ugly emotions it will show on your face.
A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style.
My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up , dust yourself off and move on.
I think because I can be sad, and I can be lonely, my gift would be trying to help other people feel less lonely and less sad. Because that's what I understand.
Talking to your hairdresser is almost like talking to your therapist.
We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.
I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is published is never as happy as the feeling of writing, of knowing you've written something good, of feeling like you've had a worthwhile day in the chair. That's the best feeling I know, and as soon as writing stops making me feel that way, I'll stop doing it.
I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.
A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.