The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling. — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck… — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
The piano may do for love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils, but give… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The major labels, they roll with whatever is making money. I don't know if R&B turned into making banjo music and it… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
And then Earl Scruggs comes along and transforms the banjo into a virtuosic modern instrument. For the first time, the Southern banjo… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I don't have a job, so I have a lot of time on my hands. When I do… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me,… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome. — James Dickey Copy Share Image
In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I… — Abigail Washburn Copy Share Image
I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl. — Abigail Washburn Copy Share Image
I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
There's a lot of hip-hop that would be great with a banjo in it. It would just groove like crazy, and I… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Grab a guitar, put some kind of strings on it, a banjo string, then a violin string, then a guitar string, tune… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot -… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
I think I'm getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
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