If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.

I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin.

If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack.

The purists are small in number but, you know hardy of voice.

The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought to quit.

I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.

I'll never feel as comfortable singing as I do playing. The mandolin is my real voice. My actual voice is sort of my secondary voice, but I love to do it and I love giving people relief from playing with a little bit of singing.