Bluegrass Quotes

• We're all big fans of bluegrass.

  

  Winston Marshall Mumford & Sons
  • Fans
  • Bluegrass

• 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 cool. We was rock n' rollers then: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis.

  

  Dickey Betts
  • Influenced
  • Bluegrass

• I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically.

  

  Ralph Stanley
  • Music
  • Traditional
  • Bluegrass

• Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.

  

  Bela Fleck Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
  • Wonder
  • Feels
  • Inspired

• I listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals.

  

  David B. Coe
  • Jazz
  • Workout
  • Ritual

• It was around that time, early 60s. There were like three kindred spirits in New Jersey. I had two friends who played folk music, old-time music and bluegrass and we started a little band called the Garret Mountain Boys.

  

  David Grisman
  • Music
  • Boys
  • Early

• I'm one of the people who believe the great lines come from either Western or bluegrass music.

  

  Warren Hellman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Western

• I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Air

• Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.

  

  David Grisman
  • Influence
  • Written
  • Plans

• I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Nice
  • Feels
  • Able

• The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly... I felt really welcome.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Community
  • Judging
  • Welcome

• I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.

  

  Cody Johnson
  • Different
  • Country
  • Song

• I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.

  

  Mike Gordon
  • Player
  • Influence
  • Grateful

• I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, there's a lot of bluegrass there.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Player
  • Brother
  • Bluegrass

• I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • Country
  • Proud
  • Bluegrass