Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year.

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.

Practice every time you get a chance

I wanted to use some kind of name so people would know where I was from. So I took the name "bluegrass." There is not a prettier name in the whole world.

I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door who is practicing will beat you.

Country music belongs to America.

I just wanted a style of music all my own.

Practice every time you get a chance.

When you are able to love yourself deeply, you can be kind to others.

The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.

A sprinkle of magic, a ton of fun, a heap of optimism, a lot of joy, a glimmer of hope – ’tis the gift of the Happy Rosy Day gratitude journal.

I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.

The root of the word education is e-ducere, literally, to lead forth, or to bring out something which is potentially present.

I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I had lost exactly two weeks.

I was against felonies when a misdemeanor would do.

Cow preservation is an article of faith in Hinduism.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be.