It’s a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we’d better take better care of our planet.
I put everything I can into a record. That’s what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.
If people are willing to buy it and listen to it and they like it and enjoy it, then it’s viable.
I’ve succeeded beyond what I ever thought I could.
I’ve been writing a lot of country music again. I’ve written some bluegrass material. I’m having a good time doing that.
I’ve always got about four albums in my head.
I’m not the quiet sensitive little guy I was. I can’t be. There’s just too much after me.
I’m not 20 years old any more. I’m not gonna go out on quite the limb I did.
I’m affected by my environment. Los Angeles makes me defensive and wary.
How many more idols must you find before you realize that you are the one you have been searching for?
She said she married an architect, who kept her warm and safe and dry. She would like to say she loved the man, but she didn’t like to lie.
I love to laugh, it’s my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.
It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.
Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.
Too many hearts have been broken, failing to trust what they feel.
Why must I be lonely in love?
When you are not near me, I make the sound of one hand clapping.
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now. And tried to reach beyond the emptiness, but neither one knew how.