I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

I've had a couple of guys that I've had co-produce records with me through my career, and it's fun to work with a co-producer.

After 'Mosaic,' I think a lot of people didn't know what my next record was going to be. And that's what I love. I just love doing music because I'm not going to follow the patterns and formulas of Music Row.

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.

Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about.

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.