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.

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

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

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.

The easiest mistake to make is to lose sight of your goal. Failure is temporary, but quitting is permanent. Choose wisely.

A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

Do you. Just focus on being the best version of yourself that you can be every day, and don't compare yourself to anyone else or worry about what they're doing.

If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal

If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.

Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

Risk is the willingness to fail.

I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening.

It's painful, man, for my daughters to say they're scared of me.