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title: "10 Play Banjo Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Play Banjo quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Play Banjo sayings and thoughts."
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> [A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-gentleman-is-a-man-who-can-play-the-banjo-but-doesn-t/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-gentleman-is-someone-who-knows-how-to-play-the-banjo-and-doesn-t/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams-jr/the-bottom-line-is-between-sonny-osborne-and-earl-scruggs-i-better/)

[Hank Williams Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams-jr/)

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> [I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackson-browne/i-told-my-father-i-wanted-to-play-the-banjo-and-so-he-saved-the-money/)

[Jackson Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackson-browne/)

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> [When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/when-i-got-out-of-school-i-spent-two-years-just-hitchhiking-around/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

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> [I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams-jr/i-guarantee-you-there-s-a-bunch-of-the-twentysomethings-that-don-t/)

[Hank Williams Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams-jr/)

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> [I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, but I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellar-coltrane/i-m-interested-in-all-kinds-of-art-i-draw-and-paint-and-don-t-know/)

[Ellar Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellar-coltrane/)

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> [I play banjo, and in Britain, it's easy to get away with playing banjo because you don't often see it on U.K.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-marshall/i-play-banjo-and-in-britain-it-s-easy-to-get-away-with-playing-banjo/)

[Winston Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/winston-marshall-11128_america_i-play-banjo-and-in-britain-it-s-easy-to_1995412.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-helms/i-m-working-on-a-script-right-about-civil-war-re-enactors-who-go-back/)

[Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-helms/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/ed-helms-4996_back-in-time_i-m-working-on-a-script-right-about-civi_2362690.jpg)

> [Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-scruggs/earl-scruggs-had-this-thing-that-it-wasn-t-just-the-technique-or-even/)

[Earl Scruggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-scruggs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/earl-scruggs-25675_banjo_earl-scruggs-had-this-thing-that-it-wasn_137055.png)

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```