I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got to go out and do it. Obviously, we don't carry a 70-80-piece orchestra with us when we do shows.

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

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

I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.

I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.

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.

I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage.