Scottish Music Quotes

When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

In everything I do, my principal inspiration is the 1996 Belle & Sebastian album 'If You're Feeling Sinister.'

I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.

Although I don't live there anymore, Scotland is a great place for the people coming over to visit and to tour around the Highlands, because it is a very magical place.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - those guys were great.

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

For me, there's bands like Frightened Rabbit and The View, and they've all had that Scottish accent. It's just class to hear it.

London's been really good to me - England as a whole - but the Scots and the Irish especially are very appreciative because that's kind of where it all came from.

My heritage is Scottish and a lot of Irish, too.

My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and all that music came over from Scotland and Ireland and England in to the Appalachian Mountains and Ozark Mountains, where I was raised.

I'm as Scottish as they come.

Dean Owens is Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter.

Gigs in Scotland are always so much fun.

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I've always been very aware of that - always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess.

I was a fan of Belle and Sebastian. I didn't really know a lot of their music - I only knew the kind of bigger songs because I had a friend, when I was younger, who was really into them. But I have always really respected Belle and Sebastian for what they are, what they do. Yeah, they're just great.

There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.

I grew up listening to Teenage Fanclub and Eugenius. Scottish music cast a huge influence on me.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

I think Scotland has some great stories.