I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.

Great music is great music, period.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.

The fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors. The sun is out, you get warmth on your skin but there's the coolness of the breeze. It's really comfortable.

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock.

No, but I do read a lot. I love to read. I could read for days and never stop. I use to be such a bookworm. I would barely look up to notice much of anything.

Will is intention favored by emotions.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.

Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.

You want to picture yourself being on top and doing amazing gymnastics.

If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

I think that men of my generation - not me in particular - are among the most fortunate men in the universe.