Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And… — P. J. O'Rourke 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
“There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that… — Valerie June 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
I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I… — Mena Grabowski Trott Copy Share Image
My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I'll talk about the banjo all day long and the history of minstrel shows. — 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
I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass. — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
We think the juxtaposition between banjo solos and songs about the future are really funny. — Kemp Muhl Copy Share Image
“After supper was over and the toasts had been drunk, the boy Pablo was called in to play for the company while… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know. — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
We just played whatever we could get ahold of. If we were at a party and we had a banjo, a mandolin… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers… — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I love a band that has a banjo, that does group harmonies and yells out the word 'Hey' or 'Woo.' I live… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
