I've always moved by my heart. I've moved by the spirit of what I feel was right for me next. I always pray and ask God: 'What's the next thing? What am I supposed to do next?'

I’ve had a couple of guys that I’ve had co-produce records with me through my career, and it’s fun to work with a co-producer.

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn’t sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got to go out and do it. Obviously, we don’t carry a 70-80-piece orchestra with us when we do shows.

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It’s almost like country music in a way.

I don’t feel like I’ve nearly got to the place where I’m ready to even slow down.

That’s kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people’s hearts.

Ive got tapes that Im so thankful that my father made – old reel-to-reel tapes. Ive got a ton of those things at home. He kept those like fine diamonds, I mean he kept them, you know, in a box and was very, very careful of them, you know.

I hate negative songs; I won’t sing them. It doesn’t matter if it’s sold 2 million more albums.

When Jack White called and wanted me to do a video and play mandolin with The Raconteurs, I didn’t know anything about The Raconteurs at that time.