My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way

I choose to express myself.

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

Mystery's a thing not easily captured, and once deceased, not easily exhumed.

I do what I believe in. I do good work, and the people who appreciate it, fine, and those who don't, fine, that's good.

There's laws that we must live by, and they're not the laws of man.