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Listen Not To The Critics Who Put Their Own Dreams On The Shelf.

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Listen Not To The Critics Who Put Their Own Dreams On The Shelf.

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It's Midnight Cinderella, But Don't Worry None. Cause I'm Peter The Pumpkin Eater And The Party's Just Begun.

Our Future Is Not Unpredictable, Our Future Is Simply The Result Of Choices We Have Made.

I Asked If I Could Read For The Role Of Kevin Costner's Caddy In Tin Cup. It Was A Fun Learning Experience, Even Though Cheech Marin Got The Part.

And Now, I'm Glad I Didn't Know The Way It All Would End, The Way It All Would Go. Our Lives Are Better Left To Chance, I Could've Missed The Pain, But I'd Have Had To Miss The Dance.

If She Were A President, She'd Be Baberham Lincoln.

Getting Older Doesn't Help You In The Fact That You Might Have Covered Some Of This Ground Before. So You're Listening To A Song That You Know Is A Hit, But It Just Can't Be A Hit For You, It's Gonna Be A Hit For Somebody Else. That's Tough.

The Greatest Conflicts Are Not Between Two People But Between One Person And Himself.

I'd Love To Play A Villain In A Movie, The Kind Of Bad Guy You Would Never Think Of Me Being Able To Play. Like Most People, I Have A Darker Side I'd Like To Explore Onscreen.

Music Keeps You Eternally Young. It Just Does. What I Love About It Now Is Touring Without The Guilt. Now It's Like Nothing Is Being Held Back. You Get To Eat Mashed Potatoes With Both Hands Instead Of One. It's Fantastic.

People Aren't Always Themselves. They're Always Holding Back Something.

The Cool Thing About Passion Is That No Matter How Good Or Bad A Day You're Having, Tomorrow's Going To Be Better Because Passion Finds Some Way Of Doubling Itself.

You See In All My Life I've Never Found What I Couldn't Resist, What I Couldn't Turn Down. I Could Walk Away From Anyone I Ever Knew, But I Can't Walk Away From You.

Heaven's Not Beyond The Clouds, It's Just Beyond The Fear. No, Heaven's Not Beyond The Clouds, It's Just For Us To Find It Here.

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Learning To Live Again Without You Is Killing Me.

Any Time I'm In A Moving Thing, Like An Airplane, I'm Usually Asleep Before We Even Get On Our Way.

When The Skies And The Oceans Are Clean Again. Then We Shall Be Free.

Someday In Heaven, When The Angels All Sing, Well, These Rags That I'm Wearing Will Be Fit For A King.

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, Sometimes You've Got To Go Against The Grain.

When You Sit On Something Trying To Preserve It, You Die And Become Sterile.

Life Is Not Tried It Is Merely Survived If You're Standing Outside The Fire.

It Was Your Song That Made Me Sing It Was Your Song That Gave Me Wings It Was Your Light That Shined Guiding My Heart To Find This Place Where I Belong It Was Your Song Dreams Can Come True With God's Great Angels Like You

My Biggest Problem With The Retirement Thing Was I'd Be Leaving The Part Of This Business That I Enjoy The Most... The Entertaining Part, Being On Stage And Seeing How The Music Affects People.

That Smell Of Freshly Cut Grass Makes Me Think Of Friday Night Football In High School. The Smell Of Popcorn And Cigar Smoke Reminds Me Of The Stadium. The Cutting Of The Grass Reminds Me Of The August Practice.

I Want To Get Within Myself And Write. I Really, Really Want To Write.

What I Do Is So This World Will Know That It Will Not Change Me.

As A Kid, Before I Could Play Music, I Remember Baseball Being The One Thing That Could Always Make Me Happy.

People Loving People. That's The Enemy Of Everything That's Evil

Sometimes I Thank God For Unanswered Prayers. Remember When You're Talkin' To The Man Upstairs; That Just Because He Doesn't Answer Doesn't Mean He Don't Care. Some Of God's Greatest Gifts Are Unanswered Prayers

I Believe In The 'wal-mart' School Of Business. The Less People Pay, The More They Enjoy It.

I Don't Fly Any Awards At The House. Any Award You Get Is Usually For Something You've Done In The Past. And I Like To Keep Looking Forward.

I'm A Big Movie Fan. After A Show, If I'm On The Bus Or A Plane, It's Often Hard To Get To Sleep, So I'll Watch A Film. An Action Film Can Even Relax Me.

It Ain't What You're Driving Or The Clothes That You Wear, Material Possessions Won't Matter Up There. And Someday In Heaven, When The Angels All Sing, Well These Rags That I'm Wearin' Will Be Fit For A King.

She Brings Him Hope In The Way That Angels Do, Taking Him To Heaven In Ways He Never Knew.

She's Sun And Rain, She's Fire And Ice, A Little Crazy, But It's Nice. And When She Gets Mad, You Best Leave Her Alone, Cause She'll Rage Like A River Then She'll Beg You To Forgive Her.

I Wouldn't Mind Producing A Movie With A Music Storyline, But Acting In One Is Too Close To Home.

It'll Never Go Away Until The Fear You Are Running From Is Finally Embraced.

The Guys Have Told Me Not To Quit My Day Job.

I'd Much Rather Have The Honesty Than Not. Because If You Will Say What's On Your Mind And Get It Off Your Chest, Then The Sooner I Can Prove You Wrong!

Dreams Can Come True With God's Great Angels Like You.

Bury The Hatchet, But Leave The Handle Sticking Out.

The Crazy Thing About It Is She'd Take Him Back, But The Fool In Him That Walked Out Is The Fool Who Just Won't Ask.

I Spend All My Time Right Now Trying To Combat Music Retail And Copyright.

Life's Gonna Run You Over If You Don't Get Goin.

Whatever I Do, I Hope It's Quality, I Hope It's Something That's Class.

If I Have Any Talent At All It's From God, And My Mom, Who Was On Capitol Records Also.

Any Pitcher Who Might Throw At Me Should Know I'm Not Giving Up My Day Job Or Trying To Get Anyone Else's Job. I Just Can't Think Of Anything Cooler Than Being One Of The Boys Of Summer!

I'll Never Reach My Destination, If I Never Try, So I Will Sail My Vessel, 'til The River Runs Dry.

Life Is Only Therapy.

How You Ever Gonna Know If You're The Best? How You Ever Gonna Know What You Believe In, If You Don't Put It To The Test?

Singles Are Your Safest Songs On The Records. Ones That Piss Fewer People Off, That Appeal More To The Masses.

Some Of God's Greatest Gifts Are Unanswered Prayers.

Passion Is What Convinced Armies That Had No Chance To Win - It's Believing That Something Can Happen. Reality Is What You Make It To Be. And When You're The Only One Who Can See The Way The Future Is Going To Be, You Can Be The Tool That Bends, Rips, Shapes And Paints The Future The Way You Want It To Be. That's True Passion!

One Day I'll Be Standing At The River Looking Out Across Tomorrow, And The Bridge I Need To Get There Will Be A Bridge That I Have Burned.

What Comes From A Book Is Knowledge. What Comes From The Heart Is Wisdom.

Retail Should Never Ever Tell The Copyright Owner How Their Stuff Is Sold.

The Human Spirit: Unbreakable. Relentless. Free.

You Were Standin' Way Too Close To See It Fall Apart. And There Were Things You Couldn't Hear, 'cause You Were Listening With Your Heart.

That Old Star That You Been Wishin' On Is Shining Mighty Bright, But It's The Fire Inside Your Heart That's Gonna Lead You To The Light.

I'm Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old.

It Would Have Been Fun To Have Played Tim Robbins' Role In Bull Durham.

I'm Not Sure How We Exist, As An Artist, Without Country Radio.

James Taylor And God Are The Reasons I Play Music.

You Know Nashville, There's People That Are Ten Times More Talented Than Me, Ten Times Better Singer Than Me, Song Writer Than Me, But For Some Reason You Get The Ball And Now - And Now You Run With It. And You Do The Best You Can.

There's A Difference Between Knowing What's On The Page In A History Book And Actually Feeling That Page Have Curves And Valleys.

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Don't Let The World Decide Who You Are. You Decide Who You Are.

Choose To Chance The Rapids And Dare To Dance The Tide.

If You're Gonna Leave Your Mark, You Can't Follow A Bunch Of Sheep, You Gotta Listen To Your Heart.

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A Dream Is Like A River Ever Changing As It Flows And A Dreamer's Just A Vessel That Must Follow Where It Goes.

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There's Times I'd Rather Kill You Than Listen To Your Honesty.

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Just Keep Taking Chances And Having Fun.

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A Mistake Isn't A Mistake If You Learn A Lesson From It.

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I've Been Taking Batting Practice In My Barn Where Nobody Can See Me, So I May Be Better Than Anyone Thinks.

I Could've Missed The Pain, But I Would've Missed The Dance.

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I Like To Follow My Favorite Team And Talk Sports With My Band Or Fans. You Won't Believe How Many Musicians Are Sports Fans. We Have So Much Time On Tour That We Need These Outlets For Relaxation.

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You Aren't Wealthy Until You Have Something Money Can't Buy.

When We All Can Worship From Our Own Kind Of Pew, Then We Shall Be Free.

Life Is Like Therapy - Real Expensive And No Guarantees.

I Don't Know Of Too Many Double Christmas Albums, So It Is Something That's New, And Hopefully Will Be Fun, And There's Plenty Of Stuff Out There To Cut.

But You've Got To Be Tough When Consumed By Desire, Cause It's Not Enough Just To Stand Outside The Fire.

I've Got Friends In Low Places, Where The Whiskey Drowns And The Beer Chases My Blues Away.

I Know There's Nothing That I Wouldn't Do Go To The Ends Of The Earth For You To Make You Feel My Love

I Hear Them Saying, "you'll Never Change Things, And No Matter What You Do It's Still The Same Thing." But It's Not The World That I Am Changing. I Do This So This World Will Know That It Will Not Change Me.

I Got An Offer In 1992 To Buy A Major-league Team. I Turned Down The Offer Because I Don't Want My Love Of The Game To Involve Business.

Sometimes I Thank God... For Cheeseburgers.

A Fan's Love For An Artist Is So Deep, I Know I Will Go Whatever Depths It Takes To Learn About People That I'm In Love With.

I'm Sitting In The Drive-through And I've Got My Three Girls In The Back And This Station Comes On And It's Playing “jailhouse Rock,” The Original Version, And My Girls Are Jumping Up And Down, Going Nuts. I'm Looking Around At Them And They've Heard Dad's Music All The Time And I Don't See That Out Of Them.

I Still Use The Guitar Pretty Much Just To Hide My Gut.

Somebody That Comes And Dumps A Brand-new Album On Me And Doesn't Play The Old Stuff, I'm Pissed!

I Love Being A Part Of Country Music. I Love Going Out And... Doing Things For The First Time For Country Music. I Always Enjoy That.

I Wore Bell Bottoms In Elementary School. Never Wore Elephant Bells. Remember, This Was Middle Oklahoma In The '70s.

As Long As One Heart Still Holds On, Then Hope Is Never Really Gone

I've Lost Loved Ones In My Life Who Never Knew How Much I Loved Them. Now I Live With The Regret That My True Feelings For Them Never Were Revealed.

Time Is On The Side Of All Things Good.

While I'm Playing Baseball, I'm Still Writing Songs And Having Tapes Sent To Me. I'm Sure I'll Spend A Lot Of Time In The Whirlpool Resting These Tired Bones, So I'll Be Thinking Of Music Then.

Because Of The Changes In The Padres Team I Played With Last Year, I Felt Like A Veteran Recently When I Worked Out With Jason Kendall And He Told Me He's Liked Listening To My Records Since He Was A Kid!

If God Came Down Here With The Box That Had The Reason For Living In It, I'd Like To Find Just 2 Words: The Music. That Would Be Neat.

Thank God For Unanswered Prayers.

Sometimes You Just Can't Be Afraid To Wear A Different Hat. If Columbus Had Complied, This Whole World Might Still Be Flat.

It's The Ropes And The Reins, And The Joy And The Pain. And They Call The Thing Rodeo.

No One Will Ever Touch Elvis

Stand Straight, Walk Proud, Have A Little Faith.

Have A Little Faith

They Call Them Fools, Who Are Unable To Resist The Slightest Chance Love Might Exist.

True Country Music Is Honesty, Sincerity, And Real Life To The Hilt.

Mistakes Don't Scare Me Or Bother Me. If I Feel Like I Made The Same Mistake Twice, Then I Feel Like I've Really Screwed Up. But If I Make One Mistake And Learn From It, Hey, To Me In The Game Of Life It's Just As Important To Know What Doesn't Work As What Does. So I Think Mistakes Are A Good Thing.

I Can't Think Of A Recent Baseball Song Except John Fogerty's Centerfield. It's Very Difficult To Write A Baseball Song That Pleases Fans And Non-fans Alike.

You Know A Dream Is Like A River Ever Changing As It Flows. And A Dreamer's Just A Vessel That Must Follow Where It Goes. Trying To Learn From What's Behind You And Never Knowing What's In Store Makes Each Day A Constant Battle Just To Stay Between The Shores.

There's A Moment That We All Come To, In Our Own Time, In Our Own Space, Where All That We've Done, We Can Undo, If Our Heart's In The Right Place.

There's Two Dates In Time That They'll Carve On Your Stone And Everyone Knows What They Mean What's More Important Is The Time That Is Known In That Little Dash There In Between That Little Dash There In Between

Noah Took Much Ridicule Building His Great Arc, But After 40 Days And 40 Nights He Was Looking Pretty Smart.

Holding You, I Held Everything.

It's Funny How A Chubby Kid Can Just Be Having Fun, And People Call It Entertainment!

Doing New Stuff Live Is Tough Just Simply Because I Pay My Money, I Stand In My Seats, And I See The Guys I Love. And If I Paid That Ticket, There's A Good Chance That I'm There To Hear The Stuff That Made Me Fall In Love With 'em - We Call It The "old Stuff." And If An Artist Comes In Town And Dumps His Entire New Album On Me, As A Listener In A Concert Venue, It Happens To Miss Out On The Old Stuff That I Came There For. That Doesn't Work Too Well For Me As A Listener. Most Of The Time For Concerts, It's The Old Stuff.

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Too Many Times We Stand Aside, And Let The Waters Slip Away. Til What We Put Off Til Tomorrow Has Now Become Today.

If My Time On Earth Were Through And She Must Face The World Without Me, Is The Love I Gave Her In The Past Gonna Be Enough To Last?

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