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" With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing. "

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" I don't like being watched, and I don't like being an entertainer. "

" I love listening to gospel records. "

" On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you go.' It's like a magic carpet, see? "

" Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance. "

" 'Geronimo' was a huge amount of work. That involved 80-piece orchestras and Indians and Tuvans and all kinds of crazy people on that thing. That's a real circus, that score. "

" I toured around for years, but the road was always a drag for me. I never made a dime. In fact, I lost a lot of money - it was horrible. "

" I went on tour with Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, and the White Family in 2015. It was fantastic. They're all the greatest singers of that country stuff, traditional country up into bluegrass. "

" The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing. "

" The Delmore Brothers is hit music - very, very popular - and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always think of it as family music, really, because families sang it. "

" Back in the early '70s, when Susie and I were first married, we had a little house that we rented, and we used to have parties. People would come, and they wouldn't leave. I used to get so tired. I'd put on the Stanley Brothers, 'Songs for the Good People,' and the house would clear in five minutes. It was not liked; it was alien. It was weird. "

" I've been wanting an ice cream truck forever. "

" If something grooves and you like the sound, then that's all you need. "

" It all started back in '69 when I worked with Jack Nitzche on 'Performance.' That was my first experience of doing soundtracks, and I've enjoyed doing them ever since. "

" Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking. "

" I used to sneak gospel tunes into my old records, just as kind of a personal thing. "

" The story of American pop music is the story of failure. The blues, country music, it's not the story of success. People don't win; they lose. "

" American global economic imperialism is a fact. It's a known fact. It's a simple fact. "

" I always think you should push your envelope every chance you get. "

" I always loved country gospel from back when I was a teenager in high school and started listening to bluegrass quite a lot. "

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" I've tended to look at my albums as research and development. I was just trying to get someplace new on each one. "

" I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy. "

" People respond to any good you can do in music. "

" All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we feel as musicians. We send it out and people get it, and that's a good thing. "

" I think I'm more relaxed; I think I'm more philosophical. I don't get worried as much as I used to about things. "

" I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to chew on, I say. "

" I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that. "