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If someone is genuine, compassionate and kind, that is a turn-on. A sense of humor is a huge turn on, and that goes hand in hand with intelligence.
I have this thing for British women. I love Judi Dench. I love Helen Mirren. I love these women, and I definitely do have big girl crushes on them.
People tattoo for different reasons. I use a tattoo as a marker of time, to be reminded of a time in my life. It is something special and personal.
Music is also supposed to be fun. On this record, (titled 'III'), I really had the desire again to jump back into some good-time, fun-loving songs.
The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.
Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.
It's not very long ago that we were all singing country music. And country music is equally black as it is white and that's important to recognize.
The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.
Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again.
When I am gone, my love, do not look for me in the places we used to go to together. Look for me in the places we always planned to go to together.
Man, for someone like me who had George Jones music imprinted in my DNA before birth, the last few years have been rough as a fan of country music.
I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it's in my heart and in my soul.
Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.
To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.
For me, my dream came true. But for society it showed me that people want to move on, to look to the future. We said something, we made a statement.
I find it hard to believe when people tell me I inspired them in any kind of way because I think to myself, 'well, why?' It's just me - not Madonna.
There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.
It's really exciting to see all those people that exist in numbers online translate into tickets and then into faces, handshakes, pictures, stories.
The risk of being honest can lead to people ostracizing you. It's easier to cling to the persona, the stage, the reputation that people want to see.
Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
I recorded the song 'Believers' because I feel the song has a strong and much needed message. We all need encouragement and something to believe in.
I don't dislike 'It' or 'Stranger Things,' but I'm just not as super into it, because, like, I've seen 'E.T.' a lot. And I've watched 'The Goonies.'
Some people grab my hair and pull it out. People write on my jeans when I'm on stage. They write on my boots - their phone number, name or whatever.
It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.
I think more than anything, my health issues were the biggest eye-opener for me. I'm doing better with taking care of myself, but I don't do my best.
If I gave America any kind of hope or any kind of inspiration, I really want to say thank you for allowing me to continue doing that week after week.
It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.
If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in
Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.
I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
We all know them — the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose.
Prayer is the burden of revival; repentance is the breakthrough of revival; evangelism is the blessing of revival; holiness is the bounty of revival.
Ariana is a huge supporter of mine; she's a big fan - she told me that when I met her. She's cool, her voice is crazy, she's got a great, great voice.
It's easier to record in LA than in New York and Detroit, because the space in LA is green, and there's sunshine, and I need all those positive vibes.
Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four black kids in the class.
It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.
No relationship is easy, and nobody should ever think it is. The minute you start forgetting the needs of the other person is when you get in trouble.
I hate feeling like a prisoner. I show up somewhere, and I can't explore the city because there's, like, 6,000 to 10,000 people on the lookout for me.
Permanent weight loss doesn’t come with an on and off switch. It is not something you do for a little while and think it is going to change your body.
My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.
We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity.
Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.
'Yo I'm from Africa' Boy you're just a faker. Name one city: 'Uhh, Jamaica!' Wrong! And I think that's a shame, An African look with an American name.
Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter.
People see me as someone who doesn't take any crap from anyone - which I don't - but it's my shtick, and I obviously don't act like that all the time.
The kind of churches we played in, it wasn't about how good you could play your instrument, it was about how much you enjoyed playing your instrument.
Record stores are great because it's good to physically get your hands on the music instead of downloading. It's always better to get the artwork too.
When I watch alien movies, I want to be the alien. I don't want to be the people that make first contact or anything; I just want to be that creature.
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.
Yes, I believe in guardian angels, because otherwise I must believe that life is a string of death-defying miracles - and I don't believe in miracles.