If I pick up a fiddle, I don't compose on it, so much as I just play whatever. — Sam Amidon Fiddle Copy Share Image
I like to carry around extremely pretentious books, and I don't know if I can read them, but if I hold them… — Sam Amidon Book Copy Share Image
Guitar comes more out of its limitations for me, like putting it in a weird tuning and then just go places. — Sam Amidon Guitar Copy Share Image
There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement.… — Sam Amidon Arrangements Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody that has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballads and could sit around a fire and sing songs for three hours.… — Sam Amidon Ballads Copy Share Image
The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and… — Sam Amidon Amount Copy Share Image
I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my… — Sam Amidon Certain Copy Share Image
When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a… — Sam Amidon Continuing Copy Share Image
I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you… — Sam Amidon First place Copy Share Image
If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have… — Sam Amidon Communication Copy Share Image
Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great. — Sam Amidon Book Copy Share Image
