How Quote by Parker Posey

Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll.

— Keith Moon

That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.

— John Fogerty

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.

— Marty Stuart

I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved the sound…

— Chris Thile

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

— Page McConnell

It couldn't have been more nerdy or bizarre, playing the clarinet. But I studied classical clarinet, went to the high school for music and…

— Christopher Guest

My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

— Petra Haden

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

— Noel Redding

My dad taught me to play the guitar.

— Noah Kahan

I started playing mandolin when I was three or four years old because I was too small to be playing guitar. As I got…

— Ashley McBryde

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good! I'm starting to learn guitar.

— Birdy

I also play fiddle, banjo and mandolin.

— Sonny Burgess