Bill Monroe Quotations

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year.

I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.

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

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

Country music belongs to America.

I just wanted a style of music all my own.

I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door who is practicing will beat you.

I wanted to use some kind of name so people would know where I was from. So I took the name "bluegrass." There is not a prettier name in the whole world.

Practice every time you get a chance