Having To Travel So Much Plays Havoc

I've Spent Hours And Hours Doing Research Into Appalachian Folk Music. My Grandfather Was A Fiddler. There Is Something Very Immediate, Very Simple And Emotional, About That Music.

Perfection Often Creates Such A Flawless Surface That There's No Place For The Audience To Enter Into A Piece, While The Idiosyncrasies Of Individual Style Are Like Windows Into The Singer's Heart.

I Do Everything In The Third Person. Performance Is About Being Someone Else.

I Have Not Changed With The Accomplishments. I've Remained The Same. If I Had Changed, Great. You Know, But I Haven't.

Among The Important Realizations I Had In My Own Days In The Practice Room Was That If Any One Route To Any One Phrase Didn't Work After Days Of Trying, Then The Exact Opposite Route Should At Least Be Explored, As Well As Every Alternative In Between, As Counterintuitive As That Often Seemed.