1.
I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.
John Hartford
2.
The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.
John Hartford
3.
After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.
John Hartford
4.
A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo
John Hartford
5.
Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.
John Hartford
6.
Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.
John Hartford
7.
She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill
John Hartford
8.
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.
John Hartford
9.
Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.
John Hartford
10.
What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.
John Hartford
11.
The best way to express rhythm is music.
John Hartford
12.
You read about somebody, and doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
John Hartford
13.
Style is based on limitations.
John Hartford
14.
You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.
John Hartford
