The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.

Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.

She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill

Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.

Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.

What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

Failure makes Success more appreciable

I lost someone very close to me and afterward I believed I could have saved him had I been a better friend to him. But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail. In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell. My eyes see the glory, and well, The world waiting for me to yell, "I Have A Dream!"

Every person falls down at some point. Successful people choose to get back up!

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

Basketball is basketball.

I don't analyze things like titles.