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.

I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.

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

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.

There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.

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

When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.