Absurd Quote by Steve Martin

Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.

— Winston Marshall

I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up…

— Eugene Chadbourne

My comedy comes from the actual music itself - they're observational musical gags. I could take the music away and it would just be…

— Bill Bailey

I'll talk about the banjo all day long and the history of minstrel shows.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I'm actually into the idea of doing stand-up comedy, as a joke. You know how people do karaoke for fun? Well it would sort…

— Keeley Hazell

There's a lot of hip-hop that would be great with a banjo in it. It would just groove like crazy, and I hope I…

— Bela Fleck

When you hear a banjo through stutter edit, it's the coolest thing you ever heard.

— Brad Paisley

I play banjo, and in Britain, it's easy to get away with playing banjo because you don't often see it on U.K. stages. In…

— Winston Marshall

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

— Ashley McBryde

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I…

— Steve Martin

The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it…

— Steve Martin

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.

— Kevin Eubanks