Banjo players Quote by Robert Crumb

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

— Marilyn vos Savant

There's many a good tune played by an old banjo.

— Anthony Hopkins

I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't mean in…

— Ry Cooder

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses,…

— Geddy Lee

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.

— Eberhard Weber

I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee…

— Alex Winston

It seems like everyone's listening to fiddles and banjos.

— Ketch Secor

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

— Dave Davies

In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim Croce and…

— Paul Stookey

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.

— Steve Martin

There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.

— Lenny Kravitz

I didn't grow up on the porch of a cabin looking out over the 90 acres that the mule was plowing with Paw-Paw playing…

— Ketch Secor