I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity her compassion her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

A family is a risky venture because the greater the love the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Through history people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith too.