You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.
It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas.
Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses.
None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that’s how long it’s going to take, guys.
You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply.
When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.
Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material available to you now in comic form - in this medium - and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out.
When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
There comes a day when you realise turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realise there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on
It looks better when you do your own stunts because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.
I'm running because we need change.
If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.
How many husbands and wives must believe they have fallen out of love because their hearts no longer race at the sight of their beloveds.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
Being biracial is so much a part of who I am that it's almost, 'Let it go already.' It's intrinsic to me. I think a lot of my fans relate to me because they felt different.
I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it easier than I actually have and they think: 'Oh, she's got this, she's got that, she's always had everything perfect,' and it's sooo not true.
Prince was one of the best people I've met. He didn't care about the big system. I was always like, at any time, Prince could write a No. 1 song because he's that talented, but he chooses to do what he wants. I respect that. He actually helped me through a lot of situations with his knowledge.