Hank Williams III Quotes

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!

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

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.

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

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

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

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

Bluegrass is in my blood and in my ears.

I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass.

Hank Williams seemed, like, so total to me, so committed to the lyric. He would actually rip the ends of the words off at the, you know - the end of the sentence. It sounded like he'd bite into the word and rip it off.

I certainly love the bluegrass ensemble, I think it's a powerful tool, but I don't think it's more than a tool.

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.

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 grew up playing bluegrass as a youngster, and I'm happy that I did.

I don't really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I'm like an old person.

Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments.

Lyrically, country music is the most satisfying music for me.

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.

I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.

No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records.

I love to listen to traditional country music. That's where I get a lot of inspiration.

From the first time I played with Lester Flatt, I sensed an extreme amount of history around me.