Bluegrass Quote by Martie Maguire

We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.

— Martie Maguire

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I…

— Vince Vaughn

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we…

— Woody Harrelson

For years, I've thought about a project or a way where I could do acting and music together, and I never really thought that…

— Jonathan Jackson

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

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

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

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

— Ricky Skaggs

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

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

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

— Ricky Skaggs

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