People are always very nice.

I never had any big dreams about doing something on a huge scale.

I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of everything they've ever written.

The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day

I still think of myself as from Illinois.

I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me.

Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.