Folk Quotes · Page 8

I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by.

— Pete Seeger

When I was six, I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem.…

— Nico Mirallegro

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

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer…

— Patty Griffin

Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of…

— Sam Palladio

It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

— Woody Guthrie

Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

— Rokia Traore

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.

— Stephen Mangan

The great folk hymns are a perfect marriage of text and tune. There are those that have nice messages and some with…

— Mack Wilberg

People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each…

— Peter Yarrow

“Duhet te qendrojne larg njeri-tjetri si fatkeqet ashtu dhe te varferit, keshtu nuk do te rendoheshin nga njeri-tjetri. Ju shkaktova aq shume…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

I have very eclectic tastes. I love soul and Motown; I listen to some rap - Stormzy, Tinie Tempah, Drake. I also…

— David Lammy

Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and…

— Aidan Gillen

Music is very subjective. You may or may not like a song, but folk and regional language have a connectivity that binds…

— Jubin Nautiyal

I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi…

— Jeannette Walls

At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban…

— Arlo Guthrie

Though I always experimented with electronic music in the past, I wasn't invested in that sound. My heart has always been in…

— Domino Kirke

“And of a Sunday swarm the folk Under the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody,…

— Théophile Gautier

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and…

— Leslie Fiedler

I think I will just use guitar as backing. I'm not doing a traditional folk thing, but a contemporary thing-my own version…

— Cat Stevens

Meghdhanush has brought the newer generation close to folk music with their personal touch of rock and they definitely rock at it.

— Tulsi Kumar

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

— Trey Anastasio

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

— Anne Lamott

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.

— Jenny O

From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish.

— Ailyn Perez

Bob Dylan started out as a folk rip- off but he quickly ran with complex influences and it ended up to be…

— Daniel Smith

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

— Roger McGuinn

I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.

— Roger McGuinn

When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers.

— Mary Travers

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

— Warren Zevon

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things.

— Dave Davies

“Martin Carthy on English folk music: "I'm not interested in heritage - this stuff is alive.”

— English Folk musician Martin Carthy

People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets.

— Avey Tare

The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be…

— Jimmy Page

With 'Ta chuma,' which is a Garhwali folk song, I feel that there will be a strong connect which people will feel…

— Tulsi Kumar

I have always loved composers who have been connected with folk traditions of popular music.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I would love to be one of those fellows who combine formal and folk music approaches.

— Chris Thile

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

— Alan Parsons

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

I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool.

— Mary Gauthier