24 Quotes by John Hartford

You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.

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.

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.

The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.

She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill

Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won’t get you through times of no banjo.