Bills Quote by Earl Scruggs

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

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

— Little Milton

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

— Ricky Skaggs

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

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

— John Fahey

I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of this country.…

— Clare Bowen

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

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

— John Hartford

“Speaking more generally about what attracted him to bluegrass banjo, he said it was 'just the sound of the instrument, and then the fire,…

— Blair Jackson

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

— Dolly Parton

Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be…

— David Grisman