The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart.

Ideally, really ideally, you want to get to a place where you can have creative control over the material you do - choices, at least, anyway. And you want your choice of script and role. But do you really want your life to revolve around trying to maintain your privacy?

Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

When we talk about having a life of significance and meaning, it's not about fame or money or resources. It's about people and lives and hearts. That's my biggest passion in life.