Banjo Quote by Sonny Burgess

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

— Page McConnell

We just played whatever we could get ahold of. If we were at a party and we had a banjo, a mandolin and guitar…

— Tyler Childers

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

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

— Dickey Betts

As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.

— Valerie June

Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of…

— Bela Fleck

Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.

— Robin Williams

There are a lot of chapters to the banjo's history. Part of it are the roots in Africa, where it's a more primitive instrument.…

— Bela Fleck

I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that…

— Earl Scruggs

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

— Mark Twain

Nothing says 'dropping out of society' like learning the banjo.

— Daniel Roth

Earl Scruggs had this thing that it wasn't just the technique or even the instrument. It was him. There was this soulful quality that…

— Earl Scruggs