When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs. When I was with Ralph Stanley I learned a lot from him.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.

Ive got tapes that Im so thankful that my father made - old reel-to-reel tapes. Ive got a ton of those things at home. He kept those like fine diamonds, I mean he kept them, you know, in a box and was very, very careful of them, you know.

Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.