Trusting in God is important. He knows what is best.
I tell people that life is like a book. Sometimes you've just got to turn the chapter. Even if you don't understand it, turn the chapter and move away from it. You don't know all the good things that are ahead of you yet.
It's a dream when some people think that once you give your life to God, all of a sudden things are perfect. That's not the case. We live in a world that's broken, where there's disease, where people are selfish. The foundation of your faith helps you know how to put that in proper perspective.
Whether it's an inspiring song or whether it's an entertaining song - whatever it might be about it - I just want people to feel the emotion that I put into it because I think emotion... is everything.
I drove an 18-wheeler semi-truck, a big rig. I liked it actually.
Christmastime is about hope with what God did for us and with the expression of His love through the gift He gave us at Christmastime, which was Jesus... the one who heals us, who saves us, who delivers us, who is there in our darkest moments.
In our culture, I feel like everyone just wants the good life, the dream life, but I'm learning to embrace suffering because with suffering there's so much good that comes out of it.
On 'American Idol,' I felt like one of my challenges was picking songs because I've definitely been exposed to a lot of music. So when I went to pick songs, it was difficult for me to choose, but I'd always go to country because country music is so memorable.
I have a mission, and that's to help people. That's what I want my music to do.
I believe in helping people who are down.
I started realizing how the condition of our hearts affects the way we see. If your heart is full of bitterness, anger, and resentment, you're going to look at this world as a very evil place.
I would like to do a duet with Kelly Clarkson. I just think she's wonderful!
I tried out for American Idol, I got a record deal, and now it's like my best days are ahead of me.
When I was 12 years old, my dad got into country music. My first CD was Wynonna Judd, and I loved it.
I really believed music was going to be a big part of my future, and that's why I took a truck driving job, so I could maintain my singing job at night. I put about 30 hours a week just for singing, going between two churches. And in order to afford that, I had to take a full time job so I could do my passion.
Your future is only big enough for you to walk through, not for you and your past to walk through.
When you write about hope, don't make it sappy; make it cool, make it adaptable.
I tell people life is like a book being written by heavenly hands that we can't see.
There's not a person in the United States of America who doesn't love country or have some kind of tie to it.
I don't live in regret land. I live in the now and in the future, and in the dreams that I have.
