“My mom had a job, and she also took care of us, and she also took care...” — Carrie Underwood Quote

“My mom had a job, and she also took care of us, and she also took care of Dad - I always saw her pulling triple duty, doing more than I ever felt like she needed to. I made a promise to myself that it would be more of a team effort in my family someday. And because of that, I became more independent.”

“But my husband came from a small town and hardworking parents like I did, and I don't think we've lost that mind-set. We don't have a bowling alley in our basement. We don't have houses on the beach and one in New York and one in L.A.”

“All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.”

“Dad wanted people to come together and have a world where people were unified and not divided.”

“My parents got divorced in the mid-70s and I didn't really have much to do with my dad after that. Or indeed much to do with him before that, to be honest.”