I think the sweet thing about my job, more than the music I sing, is that I come into some town and a really cool community of people gets together. And they meet each other and maybe somebody falls in love or starts a little business together. I really see that as my role as I travel around the country.

If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson

In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it And it makes me want to cry. Oh to clean our dirty planet, Now there's a noble wish, And I'm puttin' my shoulder to the wheel 'Cause I wanna catch some fish.

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.

Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a matter of recognizing that your personal ambitions and the ambitions of the team are one and the same. That's the incentive.