The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail?

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.

My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.

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.

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

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