John Hartford Quotes

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.

After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.

You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.

What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.

She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill

You read about somebody, and doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.