My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star."
"I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking." - FHM. May/June 2000.
"I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength." - FHM. May/June 2000.
"I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain."
"I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."
"I'm more private than people realize. I'm not that easy to get to know."
"It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance."
"Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music."
"I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life."
"All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."
"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."
"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."
"I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such a name. I'm sure he must've thought that was quite funny. He must've known from that autograph, right off the bat, that I had no idea who he was."
"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."
"So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue."
"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."
"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."