The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people.

If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music.

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

I would assign every lie a color: yellow when they were innocent, pale blue when they sailed over you like the sky, red because I knew they drew blood. And then there was the black lie. That's the worst of all. A black lie was when I told you the truth.

It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it.