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
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
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 got to sing with Placido Domingo... I got to sing with Aaron Neville, who is one of my favorites. Got to… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that. — John Fahey 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 was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
I laid my country music aside for quite a while... because bluegrass audiences didn't care to hear it. But it just kept… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson. — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself. — John Hartford Copy Share Image
I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
What makes one type of music classical and one bluegrass and one folk - these things aren't what's important. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
“Speaking more generally about what attracted him to bluegrass banjo, he said it was 'just the sound of the instrument, and then… — Blair Jackson Copy Share Image
The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records. — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
The question is not how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass? — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and… — Bill Monroe Copy Share Image
If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal… — Eric Close Copy Share Image
