I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.

To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.

You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Old Fashioned' can expect strong interest because it taps into a universal human longing.