"It was in San Diego and I was onstage and couldn't remember how to play the guitar properly. I was in terrible pain and my nervous system was just going wild, like somebody had just run a car over me."

"The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family."

"My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop."

"My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with."

"My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage."