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title: "9 Banjo Quotes By Steve Martin"
description: "9 Banjo quotes by Steve Martin. Plus more from Steve Martin and more Banjo sayings from other authors."
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> [The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-banjo-is-such-a-happy-instrument-you-can-t-play-a-sad-song-on-the/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-thing-about-the-banjo-is-when-you-first-hear-it-it-strikes-many/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-banjo-is-truly-an-american-instrument-and-it-captures-something/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-did-a-lot-of-things-when-i-first-started-out-in-order-to-be-in-show/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/in-my-banjo-show-with-the-steep-canyon-rangers-i-do-do-comedy-during/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-would-get-records-by-earl-scruggs-i-would-tune-my-banjo-down-and-i/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-thing-about-the-banjo-is-when-you-first-hear-it-it-strikes-many-2/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-horrible-for-someone-to-listen-to-someone-learning-any/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I first thought maybe I'd do a banjo presentation record, where I'd play a couple of songs and get a bunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-first-thought-maybe-i-d-do-a-banjo-presentation-record-where-i-d/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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## Other authors on Banjo

## More by Steve Martin

> [“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/people-in-coats-and-ties-were-milling-around-the-talley-gallery-and/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/writing-is-something-i-took-up-rather-than-anything-i-had-an/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-was-easy-to-be-great-every-entertainer-has-a-night-when-everything/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-like-a-woman-with-a-head-on-her-shoulders-i-hate-necks/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/and-after-his-unparsable-response-including-a-passage-where-he-said/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-have-no-fear-no-fear-at-all-i-wake-up-and-i-have-no-fear-i-go-to/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“Be undeniably good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/be-undeniably-good/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-finally-retire-i-just-want-to-go-away-so-no-one-has-to-listen/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/only-then-does-he-realize-what-he-has-done-to-mirabelle-how-wanting-a/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/lacey-was-just-as-happy-alone-as-with-company-when-she-was-alone-she/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-comedy-i-didn-t-know-what-a-joke/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-cannot-make-your-opportunities-concur-with-the-opportunities-of/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [The lure in art collecting and its financial rewards, not counting for a moment its aesthetic, cultural and intellectual rewards, is like the trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-lure-in-art-collecting-and-its-financial-rewards-not-counting-for/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/my-most-persistent-memory-of-stand-up-is-of-my-mouth-being-in-the/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/what-i-mean-is-that-none-of-my-talents-had-a-what-s-that-great-word/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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