When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life.

Great music is great music, period.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.

The fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors. The sun is out, you get warmth on your skin but there's the coolness of the breeze. It's really comfortable.

Country's hip; it's cool music.

Always remember when it comes to family arguments and disputes. "Blood is thicker than anger.

Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.

I can't wait to make you the love of my mortal life.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period.

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, and identity.

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future.

I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to help.

Are you a philosopher? Where's your sponge?