I keep starting supergroups, writing ballets and things like that. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I play a replica of a banjo from the 1950s. It was the first commercial-style banjo in the United States so it's… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Each song has its own way that it likes to be done, but it can be more than one way. If you… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
We're not here as a black band playing white string band music. You know, we play stuff in the Appalachians, we play… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
There is music out there that is commercially driven, whether you like it or not. That's a peculiarly American innovation. We innovated… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
Well, you know, the original banjos were all handmade instruments. Gourd - it would be made with gourds and whatever, you know,… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like,… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
For me the bare feet are grounding. I'm connected to the Earth in a way that I cannot be any other way. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
We have been fed so many false narratives, many of them racialized to deliberately feed a racist agenda. It's important to address and dig… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
I had this dream like years ago. I had this dream - I wanted to be in an all-black string band. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
To sit in my concert and be uncomfortable is brave. Because you could always leave, you know? — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get rich, which… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
When I got into college, I got into operatic vocalists, like Leontyne Price. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share
