It's pain that changes our lives.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

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.

...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.