“When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show...” — Rickey Medlocke Quote

“When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.”

“It's funny: here I am, a guy who plays in one of the world's biggest classic-rock bands, and to tell you the truth, I listen to classic rock the least.”

“All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.”

“I play a replica of a banjo from the 1950s. It was the first commercial-style banjo in the United States so it's the first one that white people played.”

“I love a band that has a banjo, that does group harmonies and yells out the word 'Hey' or 'Woo.' I live for it.”

“I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing.”