My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another blacksmith shop in Abbott, but he liked me. All he had was horns and drums, and I was set up over there with my little guitar with no amps or nothing. I would play as loud as I wanted to, and nobody could hear me.

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.

The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.

Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.