The People I've Been Exposed To Have

Get Outside. Watch The Sunrise. Watch The Sunset. How Does That Make You Feel? Does It Make You Feel Big Or Tiny? Because There's Something Good About Feeling Both.

I Love Being With My Children. They're Fascinating People.

That Happened When I Was A Freshman In High School. The Guy Reading It [the Bible] Was Dating My Older Sister. I Thought He Was The Cutest Thing That Had Ever Happened In Nashville. He Was Nine Years Older Than Me And I Thought, 'mimi, I Hate To Do This To You, But I'm Going To Steal This Guy Away.' So I Went To This Bible Study Thinking I Was Going To Make This Guy Fall In Love With Me. I Was Fourteen. Hey, You Know. But I Was So Overwhelmed By What They Were Talking About At This Bible Study. I Became A Very Serious, Committed Christian.

I Don't Write Songs That Don't Affect Me On Some Level, Because I Figure If I Am Not Moved By It, If Its Not Something That I Have A Longing To Celebrate Or To Be Reminded Of, If It Doesn't Affect Me, Then How Can I Possibly Think It Is Going To Affect Somebody Else. My Touchstone Is Write Something That Matters.

It's Human Nature To Be Curious About People, And To Be More Curious About Young People Than Old People. We Want To Cheer Something On At The Same Time We Want To Tear It Down. That's Just So Normal.