I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music

Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.'

And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I'm just one of the people ... just me.

Practice like the Devil.

I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity.

I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?