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

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.

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

I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they want it all the time.

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

It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the classical music - needs to be a big part of my life.

I think people are largely proud of being musically on the risk. Any time you talk to someone about music, I feel like everyone is kind of always underlining just, you know, how voracious their appetites for various things are.