I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.

Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.

I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

There's a fine line between pleasure and pain. Love me like a ball and chain.

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.