Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and talk to them, they'll talk back to you.

I can't smell moth balls, I find it too difficult to get their tiny legs apart

I couldn't see his face, because the light came in from behind him and he was in shadow, and he said, "I am Picasso." And I said, "Well, so what?

You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.

I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, there's a lot of bluegrass there.

I really enjoy the social aspects of music as much as anything.