It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I…

If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson

— Greg Brown

I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?

— Brian Setzer

When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.

— Ben Harper

The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.

— Washed Out

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

— Johan Cruijff

“Listen, if you’re not totally surrendered, you’re not playing. It’s as simple as that.”

— Art Hochberg

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

— Dan Fogelberg

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

— Dan Fogelberg

I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with…

— Dierks Bentley

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

— Dierks Bentley

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the…

— Imelda May

I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't…

— Dickey Betts

I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam.

— Sturgill Simpson

Shortly after I started in bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and I got together and the bluegrass career just snowballed. Being 15 or 16 and making…

— Keith Whitley

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

— Ricky Skaggs