Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.
When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.
Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.
People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.
It's a great day to be alive. I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes.
Please tell me you will remember, no matter how much I do wrong that I had the best of intentions all along.
I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.
Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.
I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.