I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.

Long as I remember, rain been comin' down; Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground; Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?

Playing guitar is a never-finished journey.

You evil thing, why do you haunt me?

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

Just being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time.

At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism. And I am far from alone in that experience.

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.

Your own destiny, create your own recipe.

Look closely at the Japanese; they draw admirably and yet in them you will see life outdoors and in the sun without shadows.

AMEN, let Him take it all! He’s worthy!

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

Never stop reading. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.

No one can be as intellectually slothful as a really smart person