“The first music I was interested in was Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Bo...” — Porter Wagoner Quote

“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.”

“Good country music is kind of like getting a straight, honest answer.”

“The days of an artist receiving airplay as a new act are gone.”

“In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'”

“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.”

“I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part of the musical mainstream anymore.”