Banjos Quote by Abigail Washburn

When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could play banjo,…

— Pete Seeger

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.

— Sxip Shirey

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

— Hoodie Allen

I made a living being a background singer for years.

— Katey Sagal

I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. I found out that was a job, that someone would pay you to sit in a…

— Chris Stapleton

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

— Bob Dylan

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and am a product of a family that were jazz aficionados and also very interested in progressive politics.…

— Jack Waters

I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.

— Sam Hunt

I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took me to…

— Meghan Trainor

I've made a life and career as a professional musician.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

When I first started playing the banjo and miraculously fell into a record deal in Nashville, TN, there was a period when I didn't…

— Abigail Washburn

I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.

— Elvis Costello