They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.

I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.