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!

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

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

I choose to express myself.

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends.

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.

It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.