I loved feeling special. I hated feeling special.

Ralph Stanley is like an uncle to us and now that all my uncles are gone, Ralph's singing is even more precious. This album of classic folk songs is one of his best.

I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.

..people (in Minnesota) avoid stupidity when possible, not wanting to be a $10 haircut on a 50 cent head.

... life itself is brief, and that is what charges the day with such ridiculous beauty.

Honesty is a rare commodity in a palace, and that is why so many fairy-tale marriages end up on the rocks.

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor