--- title: "4 Sara Watkins Quotes" description: "Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass gro..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/sara-watkins-70530_band_there-was-a-band-in-san-diego-bluegrass_1264807.jpg" --- # Sara Watkins **4** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addition to singing and fiddling, Watkins also plays the ukulele and the guitar, ## Quotes by Sara Watkins > [There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-watkins/there-was-a-band-in-san-diego-bluegrass-etc-that-played-a-weekly-gig/) Sara Watkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/sara-watkins-70530_band_there-was-a-band-in-san-diego-bluegrass_1264807.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-watkins/i-wouldn-t-call-myself-a-woman-in-bluegrass-i-haven-t-really-been-a/) Sara Watkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/sara-watkins-70530_bigs_i-wouldn-t-call-myself-a-woman-in-bluegr_1639033.jpg) > [I had been working my first record really hard and toured the heck out of it. I didn't have anything to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-watkins/i-had-been-working-my-first-record-really-hard-and-toured-the-heck/) Sara Watkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/sara-watkins-70530_busy_i-had-been-working-my-first-record-reall_1993620.jpg) > [When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-watkins/when-you-re-a-kid-you-listen-to-what-your-family-is-listening-to-for/) Sara Watkins [Bluegrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluegrass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/sara-watkins-70530_bluegrass_when-you-re-a-kid-you-listen-to-what-you_2357414.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-watkins/#itemlist", "name": "Sara Watkins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. 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