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  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye. Download This Image
  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.
  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.
  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.
  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.
  • Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.
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There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface. Download This Image

    I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - And then Earl Scruggs comes along and transforms the banjo into a virtuosic modern instrument. For the first time, the Southern banjo style becomes the identity of the banjo, and everything from before is wiped off of people’s consciousness by the power of that explosion. Download This Image

    And then Earl Scruggs comes along and transforms the banjo into a virtuosic modern instrument. For the first time, the Southern banjo style becomes the identity of the banjo, and everything from before is wiped off of people’s consciousness by the power of that explosion.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - Sometimes you can fix something that went wrong with what you do next and make it better than it would have been if it hadn’t gone wrong, as an improviser, and I do know how to do that.

    Sometimes you can fix something that went wrong with what you do next and make it better than it would have been if it hadn’t gone wrong, as an improviser, and I do know how to do that.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I don’t know enough about hip-hop, though I’ve heard some great hip-hop. I just did a thing with Qwest Love – we did a performance together in Memphis at the Folk Alliance Festival, and we had a great jam and a conversation. Download This Image

    I don’t know enough about hip-hop, though I’ve heard some great hip-hop. I just did a thing with Qwest Love – we did a performance together in Memphis at the Folk Alliance Festival, and we had a great jam and a conversation.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - There are a lot of chapters to the banjo’s history. Part of it are the roots in Africa, where it’s a more primitive instrument. Then it comes to the United States where it morphs into the slave music that they created here, which was very African in origin.

    There are a lot of chapters to the banjo’s history. Part of it are the roots in Africa, where it’s a more primitive instrument. Then it comes to the United States where it morphs into the slave music that they created here, which was very African in origin.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.

    Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I think I’m getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.

    I think I’m getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there’s much more stress and intensity of thinking about how I’m going to make it work!

    When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there’s much more stress and intensity of thinking about how I’m going to make it work!

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - Everybody should have a documentary made about themselves. It’s amazing what you see and what you learn. Download This Image

    Everybody should have a documentary made about themselves. It’s amazing what you see and what you learn.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.

    I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz. Download This Image

    I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - It doesn’t have to be happy music to be inspiring. Download This Image

    It doesn’t have to be happy music to be inspiring.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - I think the musical evolution I’ve gone through has come from all the work with the material. Download This Image

    I think the musical evolution I’ve gone through has come from all the work with the material.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - Sometimes you can fix something that went wrong with what you do next and make it better than it would have been if it hadn’t gone wrong, as an improviser, and I do know how to do that.

    Sometimes you can fix something that went wrong with what you do next and make it better than it would have been if it hadn’t gone wrong, as an improviser, and I do know how to do that.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye. Download This Image

    There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it’s hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I’m not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.

    BELA FLECK
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Bela Fleck Quote - He knew I was playing a little bit of guitar. He saw a banjo at a flea market and bought it. I took it home with me and just never put it down. I was fifteen. Download This Image

    He knew I was playing a little bit of guitar. He saw a banjo at a flea market and bought it. I took it home with me and just never put it down. I was fifteen.

    BELA FLECK