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The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment.
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I know that the internet has helped a new world audience find me.
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Success takes us to the top and away from those we love.
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If I can make a connection, one connection, to any one listener in the world, I consider that successful.
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I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the fans who get married to my music, have children to my music and play my music at their funerals.
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My music is about the journey, about love and the human experience.
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I am a child of God.
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Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.
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I also believe my musical abilities are a true gift from God.
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Silence is refreshment for the soul.
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I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago.
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It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.
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I am most proud that I stayed true to the music of my soul.
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I learned again that the mind-body-spirit connection has to be in balance.
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I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.
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I always make music that is true to my spirit.
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My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
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The failures and successes are necessary for learning.
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Without love in you life, you have nothing.
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There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.
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We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart.
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It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.
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I don't take my fans' love and dedication for granted.
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Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given.