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6 quotes by Bela Fleck

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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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... →

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

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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... →

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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.

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

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

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