Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.

I thought nothing would ever happen for me. My whole life had been geared toward being a singer, and it wasn't clicking.

After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasn't far enough.

My entire adolescence was geared toward one thing: gymnastics.

My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.

My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot of my interest in that kind of music comes from him constantly listening to this stuff. He's taught me the history of it. It's remarkable how these young kids are now turned on to more traditional old-time music.