"It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown."

"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone."

"For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness."

"My family, you know, are all still, you know, very close. We're all still very close. Mom and Daddy are still alive. So, what more can you ask for? Your kids are healthy."

"We want to create a culture of innovation and experimentation."

"A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life."

"We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility."

"People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories."