Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.
I didn't get into music to win awards. I love to play and the older I get the more I love it. And I love new things.
The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have to go through the school of bluegrass. You know, maybe Jack Black can make a movie now called School of Bluegrass. That would be cool.
Lynn, my wife, would very much appreciate if I had a talent for anything besides music.
We suffered for our music. Now, it's your turn.
I am the age of the some of the grandparents that are bringing their young grandchildren to hear the music. I have been fortunate enough to see multiple generations of families come see my shows.
I use both instruments with their strengths in mind. Mandolin - no sustain and attack of the right hand, for rhythm. Fiddle - use sustain of the bow and the ability to slide the non-fretted notes, like singing.
Don't judge my problems when you don't know my purpose. I'm only struggling now so I can pull you through later.
I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.
I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like 'Butter' to show that. And it's perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don't find the right thing.
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership for Iraq in the future. There may be some transition period where the international community would have to help the Iraqi people put in place a representative government. But that is the goal, not for the United States, or any other nation, for that matter, who might be in such a coalition, if one is formed, to serve as the leader of the Iraqi nation.