29 Quotes by Earl Scruggs

My music came up from the soil of North Carolina,

I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe's music to the level that - where we're all still talking about it.

If you don't let things develop, it's like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly

You can’t encore the past. If I see a bright light shining out there, I want to go toward it.

Of course, with Lester, that was a good run with him, but the boys growing up, they used to bring their friends out to our house.

If you don’t let things develop, it’s like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly.

I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe’s music to the level that – where we’re all still talking about it.

Adrienne Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading feminist, known especially for her politically-engaged verse. Her best-known volume, “Diving into the Wreck,” won the National Book Award in 1973.

It’s made a lot of people richer from hearing Earl Scruggs. And I just think we’re all very lucky to have him in the world.