“I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to musi...” — Kent Haruf Quote

“I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.”

“I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before.”

“Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.”

“Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.”

“The first music I was interested in was Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, and I listened to bluegrass religiously on the radio while growing up.”

“The question is not how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass?”