Earl Scruggs Quotes

"That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Old, Play)

"She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Boys, Lady, Now)

"I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Home, Wife, Job, Name)

"I like drums, really, if they're under control."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Control)

"I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Interest, Road, Want)

"I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Attention)

"I don't think you'll ever get enough picking."
- Earl Scruggs

"I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Travel, Soul, Musicians, Past, Play)

"You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful."
- Earl Scruggs
(Related: Gold)