Fiddler Quotes

You'll see that we don't promote only the best players. We promote all levels of people and playing and stages. So, if you enjoy just coming and listening or just want to see something different come to the fiddlers, we are a family. - Steve Webb

You know, if you really want to fiddle the old-time way, you've got to learn the dance. The contra-dances, hoedowns. It's all in the rhythm of the bow. The great North Carolina fiddle player Tommy Jarrell said, 'If a feller can't bow, he'll never make a fiddler. He might make a violin player, but he'll never make no fiddler.' - Alison Krauss

With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly. - Harvey Fierstein

We wanted to bring 'Fiddler,' and bring it to a larger audience. - Roy Lee

Vernon Fiddler made a big goal [by] keeping it simple, taking it to the net and driving. Fiddler's line was strong. The other two lines had their moments. We just need more moments from them. - Barry Trotz

They asked how much current music I liked, ... Well, I loved Wilson Pickett. I liked [Cajun fiddler] Doug Kershaw, 'The Alligator Man.' I wondered if there was more music like that. But the fact I had all these people on still surprises me. For some reason, I was accepted by the rock folk. Maybe they understood that they and I were on the same side of the Richard Nixon question. - Dick Cavett

The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. - Charles F. Kettering

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. - Pope Paul VI

Shows like 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'Chicago,' 'A Chorus Line' and 'West Side Story' are all saluted in one way or another. - Jim Crisp

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. - Renee Fleming