Bela Fleck

So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring. ”

My most powerful memory was hearing Earl Scruggs on 'The Beverly Hillbillies' as a 5 or 6 year old. That sound just blew me away, shook my head up. ”

They think the banjo can only be happy, but that's not true. ”

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. ”

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