Guru Quote by Devi Sri Prasad

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

— Parker Posey

K.G. Sathar, a neighbour, was my guru. He taught me the violin and Hindustani music.

— Mohan Sithara

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

— John Fogerty

Credit for my success should go to my parents and my late guru Mandolin Srinivas garu.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Vijayalakshmi is one artiste whom I admire. There is something divine about her singing.

— M. Jayachandran

Lata Mangeshkar is an old friend. I knew her through my father Aparesh Lahiri who was a music director in Calcutta.

— Bappi Lahiri

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens,…

— Zubin Mehta

I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved the sound…

— Chris Thile

My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student of Lakshmi…

— Anoushka Shankar

You know there's this really strange mystique about Simon and Garfunkel, when they use the amazing mandolin and all the percussive stuff. It sometimes…

— KT Tunstall

I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.

— Bill Monroe

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

— Petra Haden