Country music came from Black people - it all started with the blues and bluegrass. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson. — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
Coming from bluegrass background, I totally understand family harmonies. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn… — Alison Krauss Copy Share Image
I'm one of the people who believe the great lines come from either Western or bluegrass music. — Warren Hellman Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call myself a woman in bluegrass. I haven't really been a part of the world for a while. It's just… — Sara Watkins Copy Share Image
I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I started at such a young age learning every style of music, the country and the bluegrass and the western swing and… — John 5 Copy Share Image
I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man… — Bill Monroe Copy Share Image
The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass… — Sam Bush Copy Share Image
There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me… — Sara Watkins Copy Share Image
Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I think what people call genre is just a question of orchestration. So, for instance, with Punch Brothers, you look at that… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
As a teacher with over thirty years of experience, I've found that students are hungry for material that goes beyond simply learning… — Tony Trischka Copy Share Image
You may not hear much bluegrass on the surface of my music, but I feel the emotion I put in a song… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I realized a lot of my friends were going to nightclubs and listening to house music. I was hanging out with them… — Hans-Peter Lindstrøm Copy Share Image
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
“I was only going to shoot you if he was in one band. And only if it had a name like Uncle… — Ellen Wittlinger Copy Share Image
Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that. — John Fahey 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
I certainly love the bluegrass ensemble, I think it's a powerful tool, but I don't think it's more than a tool. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself. — John Hartford Copy Share Image
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional,… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe's music to the level that - where we're all still talking about… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
