Bluegrass Quote by Timothy Simons

My dad was a photographer, so we had all these studio portraits of us.

— Timothy Simons

After his hockey days, my dad became a photographer, and a really good one, at that. He used to shoot the Expos and Canadiens,…

— Martin Brodeur

I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother painted and…

— Coy Bowles

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

I felt this pressure to just be the singer in my family or the musician in my family. But once I had my son,…

— Domino Kirke

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

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.

— Ricky Skaggs

I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part…

— Steve Earle

I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with…

— Dierks Bentley

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

— Dierks Bentley

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the…

— Imelda May

I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't…

— Dickey Betts