Artist Quote by Carly Pearce

I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of this country.…

— Clare Bowen

The first music I was interested in was Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, and I listened to bluegrass religiously on the radio while…

— Porter Wagoner

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

— John Fahey

I laid my country music aside for quite a while... because bluegrass audiences didn't care to hear it. But it just kept haunting me.

— Keith Whitley

I have no doubt that most people who listen to Alison Krauss and say they like bluegrass have never heard real bluegrass played in…

— Mark O'Connor

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a…

— Dierks Bentley

I always loved country gospel from back when I was a teenager in high school and started listening to bluegrass quite a lot.

— Ry Cooder

I actually grew up singing bluegrass gospel.

— Carly Pearce

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

— Tanya Tucker

I love country, folk, and strong female voices, like Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, PJ Harvey, and Kate Bush.

— Alex Winston

I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't…

— Dickey Betts

A lot of great bluegrass comes out of Kentucky. There's a lot of great music, like the Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, and…

— Chris Stapleton