There are so many great songwriters that I love and respect, it's an honor to get the opportunity to sing any of their songs.

I seek out songs that I believe in. You have to believe it in your heart first. Then the listener will believe it.

I also play fiddle, banjo and mandolin.

Everything changes except the love.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and standing scarred and unafraid, triumphant before your enemies.

Existence is tedious, anyway.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

The flocks fear the wolf the crops the storm and the trees the wind.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Im not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

Paintin's not important. What's important is keepin' busy.