Banjos Quote by Brendan Gleeson

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played…

— Dickey Betts

I was about 16 years old years when my father took me to a square dance festival in North Carolina. For the first time…

— Pete Seeger

My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.

— Gordie Howe

I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When…

— Dave Davies

I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As I got…

— Ashley McBryde

My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano…

— Colm Wilkinson

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It was the…

— Chord Overstreet

I got my first instrument for Christmas when I was three or four years old. My parents got me a mandolin because it was…

— Chord Overstreet

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.

— Marty Stuart

I used to play guitar years ago. It brought me a lot of pleasure when I was a teenager growing up and was having…

— Kathy Bates

My dad plays the fiddle. He stopped playing for years. He was playing when I was a baby, and then he stopped for about…

— Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so…

— Kurt Vile