I’ll talk about the banjo all day long and the history of minstrel shows. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
I’m discovering so much about how invisible, othered and dismissed the Islamic world is, in terms of the massive effects it had on European music and culture. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
I’ve always liked women singers and appreciate a good story being told. That’s what country music used to do on the radio. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
It’s really funny how I’ve come round to classical music around the back door with my banjo in my hand, and I love it. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
To sit in my concert and be uncomfortable is brave. Because you could always leave, you know? Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
People think art comes out of strife. No, art comes out of love, and it comes out of freedom, and it comes out of feeling safe, and it comes out of feeling embraced by the vibe and by the energy. That’s when you can make your best stuff. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
There are people who have incredible stories that we don’t talk about. People who did amazing things, men and women who faced incredible odds, and there’s nothing wrong with them being heroes for once, you know? Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
To learn the history of the banjo is to recover the actual history of America. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
I don’t have a genre because I play lots of different music that people would say are different genres. Rhiannon Giddens Read Quote
