Banjo Quote by Ted Dwane

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

— Steve Martin

English banjo players really were a law unto themselves - you don't find that kind of brisk banjo playing on the original Louis Armstrong…

— Pete Townshend

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

We think the juxtaposition between banjo solos and songs about the future are really funny.

— Kemp Muhl

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

— Anthony Hopkins

To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America.

— Rhiannon Giddens

They think the banjo can only be happy, but that's not true.

— Bela Fleck

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

With 'Mirzya,' we went deep into folk music. The film, unfortunately, did not do well because it was not marketed well. But we got…

— Shankar Mahadevan

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

Hindi film music has always been completely driven by the plot. We singers never had any say in compositions.

— Asha Bhosle

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

— Rhiannon Giddens