Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.

There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.

But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know.

The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious.

I just want to be treated like an average guy.

From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.

I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk.

Make peace your purpose in the garden of life.

The mind, just like the body, becomes exactly what it is fed. While the body is nourished by food, the mind is nourished by thoughts.

Emotions is evil. People who make me feel are worse. I take comfort in the stone inside of me. If I don't feel, I don't hurt.

Whenever you get to change somebody's life or watch it and see it happen, it's amazing.

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

God, I am freaking out. Maybe he doesn’t know. Maybe I just look guilty of something and he’s picking up on that.

I miss sunrise even more. The green scent of dawn in the forest? The color blushing back into the world, different every day.

I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Jedi' was released.

There's a beauty of show business. It's the only business you can have a career in when you're dead.