About Quote by 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

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

Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.

— Winston Marshall

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

— Anthony Hopkins

The banjo is my chosen instrument - it's what I write my music on.

— Rhiannon Giddens

The banjo am the instrument for me.

— Anonymous

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

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

— Steve Martin

And then Earl Scruggs comes along and transforms the banjo into a virtuosic modern instrument. For the first time, the Southern banjo style becomes…

— Bela Fleck

Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than…

— Winston Marshall

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

— Brad Paisley

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