Tommy Ramone Quotes

I was always into bluegrass as a kid. Basically, I like music that has a basic simple structure and that has a lot of emotion and feel. Bluegrass and other old time music fits the bill, as well as what became punk - they both kind of have a similar framework.

I'll listen to anything authentic whether it's bluegrass or gospel or blues.

I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.

This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter Family girl, so the record is book-ended with Carter Family songs.

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.'

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.

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.

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

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

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

I was reared on folk music.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.

I love bluegrass music, I love acoustic music, and I try at the right times to push that a little bit.

There are a whole lot of Carter Family songs.

The fact that I'm a fifth of Punch Brothers... that's lucky for me because I feel like I get to operate in the context of one of the great string bands. There's just not another string band I would rather be in, and i'm just compelled to make music for and with string bands. It's what I know, and it's kind of like who I am.

The history of country music is as important as any other art form.

That's really always been the music that I've been in love with, always the music that I've written growing up. Even through Pentatonix, folk music has been really my heart and soul.

We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

I hope you came out to hear some bluegrass music. If you didn't, we're both in the wrong place.

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.