Banjo Quote by Doc Watson

I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When…

— Dave Davies

My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music. I loved it and began to realize that…

— Doc Watson

I always liked the guitar sound.

— Lil Tracy

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

— Stephen King

Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of…

— Bela Fleck

Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.

— Robin Williams

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

— Page McConnell

There are a lot of chapters to the banjo's history. Part of it are the roots in Africa, where it's a more primitive instrument.…

— Bela Fleck

I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that…

— Earl Scruggs

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

— Mark Twain

Nothing says 'dropping out of society' like learning the banjo.

— Daniel Roth

Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful quality that…

— Earl Scruggs

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

— Michael Storm

When I was very young my mother sang to me at bedtime and my dad would often play the banjo or fiddle in the…

— Rory Block

Id be happiest standing at the back, strumming my little banjo where no one could see me.

— Rupert Grint