Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one who to care.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.