“A great song that gets played so often you can no longer hear what made it great.”

“You tie me up in knots. I want to play you a thousand different songs so you can get a clue of what... I feel inside me...”

“The country singers understand. It’s always that one song that gets you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you. Country singers are alwaystwanging about that number on the jukebox they can’t stand to hear you play, the one with the memories.”

“It isn't often one gets the chance to entertain one's great-great-great-grandmother. Sassinak.”

“I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn't a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they're not in the sky”

“...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.”