Banjos Quotes

41 Banjos quotes by 33 unique authors

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin. — Page McConnell
Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and… — Les Dawson
I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on… — Burl Ives
I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to… — Steve Martin
In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and… — Steve Martin
The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. — Steve Martin
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage… — Steve Martin
It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing… — Karen Russell
What I'm worrying about is what Tom is going to say when he starts talking." "Uncle Tom?" "I wish there was something else you could… — P.G. Wodehouse
A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at… — Leonard Cohen
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't. — Mark Twain
The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful. — Steve Martin
When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go… — Mark Twain
I feel sorry for little babies... When a little baby is born into this cold world, he's confused! He's frightened! He needs something to cheer… — Charles M. Schulz
This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender. — Pete Seeger
She dumped me for the quarterback after she'd played my body like a banjo. So Sad." "I bet" "I'm serious. I was heartbroken." "For how… — Nalini Singh

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