I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
And whether or not you're interested in opera or classical music or folk music or the theatre, I think that for a… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
With 'Mirzya,' we went deep into folk music. The film, unfortunately, did not do well because it was not marketed well. But… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly. — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
“It's one of those songs that everybody knows, but you are not supposed to do, because everyone does it, only no-one does… — Gloria Jackson Copy Share Image
It's weird, in New York, it's like the big theme of everything is folk music and interacting with people. Maryland is where… — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
For me, there's a lot of intrinsic mystery and power in folk music, but a lot of people don't perceive that music… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
In folk music, I've always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don't know anything about… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
In Montreal, there is a friend of mine at school who is a jazz pianist with an amazing voice, and we sort… — Jake Epstein Copy Share Image
I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Meghdhanush has brought the newer generation close to folk music with their personal touch of rock and they definitely rock at it. — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion,… — Jim Messina Copy Share Image
The chief contribution made by white men of the Americas to the folk songs of the world ——- the cowboy songs of… — J. Frank Dobie Copy Share Image
All these years, I have never forgotten what my parents have given me, and that is why I take special pride in… — Bappi Lahiri Copy Share Image
I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Folk music is not for a select group of people who feel that maybe he taught them about this music and that… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James… — Jake Epstein Copy Share Image
“Bartók, like Janáek, carried out a considerable amount of research into folk music. He would travel into the countryside with his camera… — Michael Steen Copy Share Image
I love commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in… — Sam Barry Copy Share Image
I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music,… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge… — Lindsay Mendez Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I make up cassettes all the time - to take on the road with me - a song from this album, a… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed - not just interested, obsessed - with folk music, street music, the parallels between a country's street music and its… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get… — Landon Liboiron Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are pretty unmasked. If you listen to "As Cool As I Am," it's not all that different… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
