Bluegrass Quote by Porter Wagoner

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

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

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

— John Fahey

I actually grew up singing bluegrass gospel.

— Carly Pearce

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.

— Little Milton

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

— Bill Monroe

When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass.

— Sara Watkins

I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe's music to the level that - where we're all still talking about it.

— Earl Scruggs

I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio…

— Otis Rush

I have no doubt that most people who listen to Alison Krauss and say they like bluegrass have never heard real bluegrass played in…

— Mark O'Connor

Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply…

— Paul Zollo

I loved all kinds of Bluegrass music. Sonya Isaacs was a big influence; she's a Bluegrass Gospel singer, but she's also done a lot…

— Carly Pearce