I used to listen to country and western and blues, John…

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

— Ricky Skaggs

I listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals.

— David B. Coe

We came out of bluegrass, so we could play.

— Martie Maguire

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

— Steve Martin

Improvisation is an important part of bluegrass, and I would hasten to add that classical music wasn't always such an improvisational void. Back in…

— Chris Thile

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

— Ashley McBryde

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

— Ricky Skaggs

I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part…

— Steve Earle

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 actually grew up singing bluegrass gospel.

— Carly Pearce