Banjos Quote by Pete Seeger

When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.

— Rickey Medlocke

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo…

— Jackson Browne

I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school.

— Maggie Rogers

I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one until my…

— Bela Fleck

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things.

— Dave Davies

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so…

— Kurt Vile

When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so…

— Joni Mitchell

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play…

— Brendan Gleeson

When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks,…

— Steve Martin

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any…

— Katie Cassidy

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

— Bob Dylan