I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.

I choose to express myself.

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.

I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends.

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

Now is the only thing that exists.

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now. And tried to reach beyond the emptiness, but neither one knew how.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.

Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.

The will of the strong will never be shaken by doubts of the weak.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Someone you haven't even met yet is wondering what it'd be like to know someone like you.

People say that what we are seeking is in for life. I don't think this is what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive.

There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.

To be honest, I watch way more dramatic films when I'm chilling at home. I think when you work in comedy, you just want something different in your private life. Makes you feel balanced, I guess.

I grew up in a house full of music. Everything from reggae and afro-beat to Zook and pop.

Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.

The interest I have in believing a thing is not a proof of the existence of that thing.

As a teenager, I was always this strange mixture of kind of vice-captain of the rugby team and sensitive artist type the rest of the time. I was sent away to this public school in the middle of nowhere, and I think we managed to completely miss out on normal youth culture.

'Neon Future' is, in short, a positive outlook on human progress and technology, looking forward to a bright, colorful utopia. It's embracing the future and looking toward the future in a more optimistic way.

It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to dye my hair crazy colors.

In Turkey, there are no 'refugee camps.' There are Turkish 'temporary protection shelters.' The Kurdis had no papers, no UNHCR refugee designations, and no passports, and therefore did not qualify for exit visas.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.