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.

Country's hip; it's cool music.

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!

The untented Kosmos my abode, I pass, a wilful stranger:My mistress still the open roadAnd the bright eyes of danger.

We need not fear the judgement of history. Who, after all, speaks today of the extermination of the Armenians?

I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art.

Everytime people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.

I don't draw attention to myself or have security pushing people away.