There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

I think they'd rather us follow our hearts and I hope that's what some people will understand.

Logic is one thing the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still small voice of God in their own hearts.

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

In motivating people you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people I hope by example - and perhaps by excitement by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people but then again if you pull a heartstring then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave but not our hearts.