A Tree Reaches Below The Surface To

I'm The Kind Of Person Who Would Rather Rock In My Rocking Chair When I'm Old And Regret A Few Things That I Did Than To Sit There And Regret That I Never Tried.

Adjusting To The Passage Of Time Is A Key To Success And To Life: Just Being Able To Roll With The Punches.

With The First Money I Ever Made I Bought My Mommy And Daddy A Car, And Helped Them Fix Their House Up.

Most Country Songs, Certainly All The Stuff I've Written, Are Stories Driven By Characters.

I Think My Life Actually Changed At 40. That's When You Realize You Can't Ride The Fence Anymore. You Either Have To Get On One Side Or The Other. I Think Some Of My Best Years Were Between 40 And 50: I Got My Priorities Straight And Life Is Good To Me Now. It's Only Other People Who Say, "god, She's 50 Years Old!" As If I'm Over The Hill. I Feel Like I Just Started.