The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly... I felt really welcome.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.

I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.

How many people have never raised their hand before?

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.