When I think about the songs I might record I ask myself 'Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?'

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't.

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave the door is closed and the locks are changed.

Caesar might have married Cleopatra but he had a wife at home. There's always something.

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home you might be a redneck.

For those who have come here illegally they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card they will be treated like everybody else.

The great and abiding lesson of American history particularly the cold war is that the engine of capitalism the individual is mightier than any collective.

Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.