John Hartford
The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.
Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.
I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.
The best way to express rhythm is music.
After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.
You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjoCollection: Rough Times
Style is based on limitations.Collection: Style
Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.Collection: Thinking
What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.Collection: Life
Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.Collection: Focus
You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.Collection: Running
She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sillCollection: Eye
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.Collection: Father
You read about somebody, and doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.Collection: Real