 I choose to express myself. |
| I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing. |
| I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself. |
| I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends. |
| It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson. |
| Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more. |
| My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it. |
| My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way. |
| I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar. |
| Now is the only thing that exists. |
| It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots. |
| I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands. |
| 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. |
| I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. |
| I always try to give my songs as gifts. |
| Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection. |
| 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. |
| 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! |
| MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough. |
| My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard. |
