I was obsessed. ‘Obsessed’ is [the] word. I was a closet banjo player. I had the loudest 5-string banjo. I used to practice with a mute in the closet of my bedroom, and I would have to come out for air. It was oxygen deprivation. I discovered putting socks inside to muffle the sound and stuff like that.
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My mom didn’t sleep very well, and I would tell her that she couldn’t possibly hear me playing at night in the closet, and she would say, ‘No, but I know you’re doing it!’ That was just not fair. It was total rebellion. Just live with it. ‘Oh no, he’s going to become a banjo player and play hillbilly music!’ They really tried to discourage me.
It was very much a classical music family, so what did I get interested in? Hillbilly music, dammit!”

--David Lindley
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