Skiffle Quotes

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play. (Van Morrison)
As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. View quote
Van Morrison
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. View quote
Van Morrison
There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England... Everybody was in a skiffle group... All you needed was an acoustic Guitar, a washboard with thimbles for percussion, and a tea-chest- you know, the ones they used to ship tea from India- and you just put a broom handle on it and a bit of string, and you had a bass... you only needed two chords Jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing jing-jinga-jing. And I think that's basically where i've always been at. I'm just a skiffler, you know. Now I do posh skiffle,that's all it is. View quote
George Harrison