Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

I have no regrets. I feel very grateful for the life that I had - you know, family I live with; and I've been doing work that I love, ever since I came to Nashville.

I feel like sometimes, when I'm singing a song like 'Moment of Forever,' that it goes both to your significant other and to the audience, and was it wonderful for you, you know? I think the best love songs I've written work on that level, like 'Help Me Make It Through the Night.'

Songs are just like your kids. You love them all, and they're all different. I can't really pick out favourites.

I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love. I've got eight kids, and they're always laughing all the time. It's like music to my ears. I think that my frame of mind these days is probably happier than I've ever been, which is kind of odd, coming close to the finish line.

I am grateful every morning I wake up. I've a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other.