44 Bluegrass Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that. Little Milton

Monroe Never Stuff Like Bluegrass Bill

I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence. Mike Gordon

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I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues. Otis Rush

Country Everyday Station John John Lee Hooker Come Eddie Arnold Boy Lee Western Listen Bluegrass Blues Used Radio Radio Station

I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs. When I was with Ralph Stanley I learned a lot from him. Ricky Skaggs

Music Good Listening Ralph Monroe Back Some Brothers Good Teachers Had Him Learned Greatest Lot Going Bluegrass Bill Teachers Stanley

I went on tour with Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, and the White Family in 2015. It was fantastic. They're all the greatest singers of that country stuff, traditional country up into bluegrass. Ry Cooder

Family Wife Country White Tour Sharon Stuff Singers Greatest Traditional His Up Bluegrass Fantastic Ricky

I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music. Steve Martin

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I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer. Sturgill Simpson

Music You Listening Punk Country Too Everything Out Record Had Songs Put Country Music Country Singer Know Singer Because Rock Nashville Rock-N-Roll Traditional Up Very Bunch Bands Roll Just Moved Bluegrass Grew Loved Then Next Next Thing Thing

My dad's a photographer, and my sister is a writer and a poet. My little brother is a mandolin player - he's a bluegrass musician. It's always been a part of the family. Timothy Simons

Family Poet Sister Musician Photographer Brother Writer He Part Always Been Bluegrass Mandolin Little Little Brother Dad Player

I was always into bluegrass as a kid. Basically, I like music that has a basic simple structure and that has a lot of emotion and feel. Bluegrass and other old time music fits the bill, as well as what became punk - they both kind of have a similar framework. Tommy Ramone

Music Time Simple Old Punk Other Framework Kid Kind Similar Structure Both Emotion Feel Like Well Became Always Lot Fits Bluegrass Bill Old-Time Basic Basically

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background. Travis Tritt

Big Background Part Big Part Bluegrass Really

I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass. Hank Williams Jr.

You Know Bunch Banjo Bluegrass Play Guarantee

In order to understand the history of the banjo, and the history of bluegrass music, we need to move beyond the narrative we've inherited, beyond generalizations that bluegrass is mostly derived from a Scotch-Irish tradition with influences from Africa. It is actually a complex Creole music that comes from multiple cultures. Rhiannon Giddens

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The question is not how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass? Rhiannon Giddens

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