It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Love is the promise that guides me.

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to

There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

He stretches forth in our soul, Teaches our arms how to reach.Our feet He has shod, With His gospel of peace.

Friends don't menace friends with giant terrifying swords, okay?

When you give certain unnecessary people the reason and permission to oppose you, give them the power and strength to oppose you

The principal objective of American government at every level should be to see that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.

This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities... But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning.

You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas.

In language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.