I don't watch myself gener­ally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.

The environment changed with Martha Stewart and Enron.

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.

I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where I could get on stage. I guess you could get up no matter how bad you were and you didn't have to audition. You just got up. Everything else required an audition and if you auditioned for a TV show, you would stand in line with a hundred other people. But at the clubs, it was okay just to get up, so that's why I started in stand-up.

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.

Somewhere in the world is...The world's worst doctor and he could be yours.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.