I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Folk music is where I come from originally. The very first thing that introduced me to playing guitars at all was skiffle… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that… — Avi Kaplan Copy Share Image
Even though I grew up playing folk music - and surf music, originally - I was listening to Motown and Stax on… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system.… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
I was addicted to rhythm 'n' blues pretty much directly into folk music. I had my little 45s of mostly black artists.… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dylan's music, per se, but I'm not a hater. I like the American folk music tradition, and… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
You can see it on the Internet: There's an argument going on continually about, 'What is folk music?' And I don't really… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
“Recordings of Georgian folk polyphonic songs makes a great musical impression. They are recorded in a tradition of active reproduction of Georgian… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then… — Christopher Paul Stelling Copy Share Image
Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally… — John Spiers Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
There's always something in most world folk musics that always seems connected; whether it's a bagpipe or a tambura, there's always some… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
So, you know, there are a lot of the biggest records of the year. There's great music in hip-hop and jazz and,… — Stephen W. Thompson Copy Share Image
When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Gujarat is truly vibrant. Be it handicrafts, folk music, art, costumes or food - the state offers the best of everything. — Shreya Ghoshal Copy Share Image
Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk… — Bono Copy Share Image
“Georgian folk music has more new musical ideas than all the contemporary music. [Los Angeles Times. 26.02.1990]” — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
If I could, I'd sing old French songs or American folk music, but I sure as hell can't do it as well… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When I got to NYU, I had applied based on playing folk music, and they said, 'You're the banjo girl,' so I… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
That's really always been the music that I've been in love with, always the music that I've written growing up. Even through… — Avi Kaplan Copy Share Image
The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of… — Sam Hinton Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm really into folk music, and I love Big Phony. I like Priscilla Ahn, and yeah, I really support… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
Folk music is not so much a body of art as it is a process, an attitude, and a way of life;… — Sam Hinton Copy Share Image
The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
With 'Ta chuma,' which is a Garhwali folk song, I feel that there will be a strong connect which people will feel… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to… — Max Casella Copy Share Image
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew… — Gustav Ejstes Copy Share Image
I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an… — John Prine Copy Share Image
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid. — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
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