I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you read more

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can read more

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a read more

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn read more

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in read more

The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully read more

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.