Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful quality that came through that made you - if you're somebody like me who was, I guess, supposed to play the banjo, it made you stop in your tracks, and you couldn't do anything until you got done hearing him play, and then immediately you'd have to go try and find a banjo.

Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he wants. So it's this action. You know, you couldn't move one finger that fast, but all three, it's pretty easy, and it's kind of an incredible leap.

I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.

If you don't let things develop, it's like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly

It's made a lot of people richer from hearing Earl Scruggs. And I just think we're all very lucky to have him in the world.

You can’t encore the past. If I see a bright light shining out there, I want to go toward it.

Adrienne Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading feminist, known especially for her politically-engaged verse. Her best-known volume, "Diving into the Wreck," won the National Book Award in 1973.