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The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

They think the banjo can only be happy, but that's not true.

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with bluegrass instruments and cranking those up, too, with a little bit of that rock energy.

Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.