I’m not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John’s....

I knew about Elvis. Of course, everybody knew about him then.

I dont really look at myself as a role model .And I just am the way I am and if people want to look up to me,they do.By no means do I like to give...

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.

One thing about white people is that in their videos they don’t care. They can go out in cut-up jeans and do a video, and it’ll be large.

I’m just excited to show that everything that was likable about us when we first came out is still intact, and as strong if not stronger than it was.

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

For the past 32 years, I’ve done nothing outside the entertainment business. I’ve had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting.

That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I’m not a good mandolin player at all.

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

To me, when a great band is playing together, it’s amazing for me.

Andrew Wood’s death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.

Well, rhythm is 90 percent of the interpretation.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful...

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

But it’s just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

America wants its respect.

The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.

The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine.

Most of the hotel gym’s are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren’t going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don’t...

You never write down to the people – you write the best you can with the hope that someone else will feel the same way.

We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.

I don’t feel comfortable making empty music.

You don’t write a book to show off.

Nobody knew the direction of the album until the very end. It was really amazing because we had no idea what we were going to come up with.

The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots...

I’m just worried that there’s enough beer on the bus. That’s the top priority at all times.

There are relationships where a guy already has a girlfriend and he’s got one on the side, too.

I’m pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper.

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don’t set any condition.

Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street… those were like real accomplishments to me.

This is the best night of my life. And it’s going to get better.

Man, I’ll tell you as far as creatively speaking man, there is stuff that is unique and different about every person that is born into this world.

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.

With U2, I got to see how another band worked, and you get to try to listen like they listen because you want to fit into their songs.

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts.

Can’t do it, simply cause underneath ’em is too ugly.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don’t have the time for it.

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn’t back out after a first single. Everyone’s so used to hearing me with Hootie, they’re going to be skeptical.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life’s all about.

I’m very much a traditionalist, but I think it’s important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we’d see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.

You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I’ve always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I’ve been able to say that I’ve...