Band Quote by David Grisman

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

I got into bluegrass music when I was 14, as a way to get into a band. My brother and I had a band…

— Keith Whitley

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.

— Little Milton

I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe's music to the level that - where we're all still talking about it.

— Earl Scruggs

Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.

— John Hartford

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

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

— Marty Stuart

We came out of bluegrass, so we could play.

— Martie Maguire

Shortly after I started in bluegrass, Ricky Skaggs and I got together and the bluegrass career just snowballed. Being 15 or 16 and making…

— Keith Whitley

Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply…

— Paul Zollo

I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small places, then…

— Paul McCartney

Around the time the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, I was already in a band.

— Dan Fogelberg