When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head...

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

I never touched a gun in my life. That and that alone forever doomed me to middle management.

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.