Earl Scruggs is the guy who really made that leap with using three fingers in a rotating fashion to create this fast rippling sound that had never been heard before. — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful quality that came through that made you - if you're somebody like me who was, I guess, supposed to play the banjo, it made you stop in your tracks, and you couldn't do anything until you got done… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share
You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I mean if it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, guys like me wouldn't be doing what we're doing. I mean, he's changed so many people's lives, honestly. I was thinking about all the thousands of people that live in Nashville, like myself, that there's no reason a guy from New York would end up down there if it wasn't for the… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share
Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he wants. So… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
Adrienne Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading feminist, known especially for her politically-engaged verse. Her… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
He [Earl Scruggs] was really cool because he was very quiet, and he wouldn't say much, but then he would come out with a… — Earl Scruggs 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 it. — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention. — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
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