Banjo Quote by Abigail Washburn

I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school.

— Maggie Rogers

When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I was about 16 years old years when my father took me to a square dance festival in North Carolina. For the first time…

— Pete Seeger

When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.

— Rickey Medlocke

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo…

— Jackson Browne

I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at…

— Alan Jackson

I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one until my…

— Bela Fleck

I come from a musical family but never tapped into it until I was thrown into a DJing gig during college.

— Hannah Bronfman

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play…

— Brendan Gleeson

I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to…

— Abigail Washburn

It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to have to…

— Steve Martin

My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd been playing…

— Lulu Wang