I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my loving and supportive family.

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.

Our generation, unfortunately, is stuck to our phones - and, like, Twitter - constantly, which I have no problem with. I'd say we're not describing the children of America or anything like that, but there is something to take from it: It is kind of sad how we can't go thirty minutes without checking our phone.

I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.

I think a lot of people get lost. They start following iconic figures and get drowned in the pool of celebrity. Our society, as we know it, is definitely changing. With social media and cell phones, you freak out when you don't know what's going on.

I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation.

If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.

Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.

'Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun.

The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

It is very sad about Michael Jackson, much as in the tragic cases of Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole and other celebrities who have died are a result of drugs. It is always sad when such a bright light goes out.

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody.

Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.

Sometimes you feel sad to be left out of a big debate.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.

I like to think I'll just be walking down the street one day and stop and meet someone, like, 'Oh my God, you're awesome,' and then we start dating.

There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players.

I don't really comment on my personal life because I feel like any comment at all is opening up a whole can of worms. I'd just rather not talk about who I'm dating.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

Hope is the most exciting thing in life, and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away, there is still that chance all through your life that it will.

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

A simple compliment goes a really long way - for a guy to just come over and say, 'You have great hair' or 'I really like your dress,' and then just smile and walk away. That's a great move, because he's sort of putting himself out there by doing that, but it won't lead to any embarrassment if the girl isn't interested.

I like to have a massage therapist come to my house, get a massage, take a bath, go to bed. That's a perfect night alone for me.

When I'm home, I like a cozy, comfortable, calming space.

My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.

When I was a little girl, rocking my little dolls, I remember thinking I would be the world's best mom, and so far I've done it.

I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?

Information on how to heal autism and how to possibly delay vaccines or prevent autism shouldn't come from me. It should come from the medical establishment.

The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up.

When it comes to dating, I'm straightforward and traditional with a twist.

I had a few dating disasters along the way with girls cheating on me. One girl was the inspiration for me singing 'Cry Me A River' on 'The X Factor.' That was my payback to her because she was unfaithful.

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.