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

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

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

" Now is the only thing that exists. "

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

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

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" 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 always try to give my songs as gifts. "

" I choose to express myself. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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