I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

I went to college as a theater major. But after about three weeks of that, I changed to the school of fine arts as a painter.

When you are not near me, I make the sound of one hand clapping.

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

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

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots

I'm affected by my environment. Los Angeles makes me defensive and wary.