Bluegrass Quote by Martie Maguire Download Open image “We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.” — Martie Maguire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bluegrass Life Living Living Playing Make Make Living Playing Playing Bluegrass You
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 just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door… — 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 music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have… — Sam Bush 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 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
It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
Bluegrass has a very, very strict musical form. Once you start to dilute it, it disappears. — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
In the beginning, if you look at those early label albums of the Chicks, we didn't write all that much. We had an A&R… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
Even though we were selling more records than a lot of pop acts, we were being treated like the redheaded stepchildren. — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I feel like Court Yard Hounds keeps us idling. I think Emily and I function better when we're continually making music and playing, and… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I am a really passive person to begin with so I have written a lot of pretty crappy songs with strangers because I let… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
When you get a record deal, you got to be pretty headstrong, know your direction. — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative. — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
We do appreciate that we have a very conservative audience and we do try to walk the fine line of that and not offend… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge part of… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I'm amazed when I hear my daughters with their friends. They'll just talk openly about, 'Yeah, he used to be a girl and now… — Martie Maguire 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
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
