Banjo Quote by Tyler Childers

We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could…

— Trombone Shorty

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

— Dickey Betts

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

— Michael Storm

Our main thing we'd have to entertain us: All my uncles would come over, and we'd sit around the living room on a weekend…

— Dickey Betts

We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It…

— Gary Allan

I always loved the guitar, from when I was quite little. My dad had a G banjo at the house that he played. When…

— Dave Davies

We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar.

— Maybelle Carter

Everyone played a bit of guitar in our family.

— Malcolm Young

We came out of bluegrass, so we could play.

— Martie Maguire

We were just really into music and every lunch we'd be inside playing guitars and jamming out so not much social action was happening.

— Calum Hood

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

— Page McConnell

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal…

— Dan Auerbach