A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.

Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.

She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill

Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.

Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.

What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

Be the positive light that the crowd follows

I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.

Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it.

You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister; The whole world called me 'Hank'!

If I'm in ya starting five you will never need a sub and I'm never looking down, so I always know what's up.

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.