I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
Dave Van Ronk, for those who don't know him - probably most don't know - was a folk singer. He's kind of… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My family… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is… — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
“While traditionalism can thwart the planners and molders of industry, education, and society in general, fatalism can so stultify a people that… — Jack E. Weller Copy Share Image
Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
It's just so obscure to take a folk song in a different language and be a pretty well-respected English-speaking rock band and… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in… — Bela Bartok 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
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
If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I guess I wanted to emulate the artists that my parents were listening to when I was growing up. I've always had… — Sarah Jaffe Copy Share Image
'Filk' is the folk music of the science fiction and fantasy community - you get parodies, you get traditional music that's had… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Black folk have been 'the other' in shows and movies and in life for quite a long time. Not from our perspective,… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a… — Benjamin Booker 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
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs 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
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
I have no idea what will become of my work in the future, the future folk will not be aware of our… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or… — Langhorne Slim 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
Each day when you see us black folk upon the dusty land of your farm or upon the hard pavement of your… — Richard Wright 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
The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
With 'Stick Season' we went into it thinking we didn't want to be defined by a certain genre. Obviously, it leans more… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle… — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
“Folk music was not approved of in Llamedos, and the singing of it was rigorously discouraged; it was felt that anyone espying… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
The thing is, I was more blues-oriented, more of a purist than in the pop world. That led me into a folk… — Denny Laine 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
'Battleship' is not a film that Francois Truffaut would have made. Nor would any of those other namby-pamby European directors. Nope, this… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that… — Mick Fleetwood Copy Share Image
In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada.… — Mary Gordon 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
![“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of…” quote by Finn Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/527/finn-andrews-55992_andrew_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-make-films_240740.jpg)
