Bluegrass Quote by John Fahey Download Open image “Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.” — John Fahey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bluegrass Bluegrass Favorite Early Bluegrass Kind Kind Music Music People
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 Copy Share Image
When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass. — Sara Watkins Copy Share Image
I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances… — Bill Monroe Copy Share Image
I grew up playing bluegrass as a youngster, and I'm happy that I did. — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk. — John Fahey Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself. — John Fahey Copy Share Image
See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best. — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way. — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.' — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
Improvisation is an important part of bluegrass, and I would hasten to add that classical music wasn't always such an improvisational void. Back in… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
