First time Quote by Chris Thile

At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... '…

— Robbie Robertson

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

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

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play…

— Brendan Gleeson

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 just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came…

— Doc Watson

My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

— Petra Haden

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

— Marty Stuart

That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.

— John Fogerty

I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'

— Parker Posey

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

— Noel Redding

I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin.

— Chris Thile