"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together." ― Richard M. Nixon Topic(s): Music More From Richard M. Nixon "I don’t think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction." "I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get." "The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker." More In Music "If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin’ words."― Dolly Parton "My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I’m definitely looking forward to another visit. It is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. I think every person in the entire country is nice. Seriously, I haven’t seen or heard of a mean person yet. And they love country music."― Joe Nichols "I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But… it doesn’t really make sense for me to try to be something that I’m not."― Carrie Underwood