Americana Quotes

To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.

— Marty Stuart

James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre

— Michael Nesmith

In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.

— Robbie Robertson

The cool thing about Americana is that the genre is accepting of all types of music.

— Amanda Shires

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

— Robert Plant

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

— Jeff VanderMeer

The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun.

— Sting

I call my style Classic Americana Swag. I do my vibe, and I'll throw in a cool sneaker here or there, a…

— Hasan Minhaj

I’m wearing out this new Coal Men record. I think it’s masterful start-to-finish. Dave Coleman is one of Americana music’s great songwriters,…

— Todd Snider

I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy…

— Shelby Lynne

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me…

— K. D. Lang

Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.

— John Oates

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has…

— George Vecsey

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of…

— Shia LaBeouf

I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana,…

— Neko Case

Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is…

— Fred Eaglesmith

Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties,…

— Robert Plant

It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of surrealism/…

— Alison Mosshart

I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy,…

— Clayton Moore

“I come home from work this evening there was a note in the frying pan said Fix Your Own Supper Babe I…

— John Prine

I went to West Texas and started writing a cycle of Americana poems after the space conjured images that, as a child,…

— Nathalie Handal

I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were…

— Will Sheff

“Where else but America could football flourish, America with its millions of fertile acres of corn, soy, and wheat, its lakes of…

— Ben Fountain

I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing…

— Tyler Hilton

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music,…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.

— Joni Mitchell

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

— Ted Cruz

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention…

— Don DeLillo

From country rock to Cajun, classic rock to Latin, and blues to Americana, I've had the pleasure of re-discovering the 'jewels' from…

— Shakin' Stevens

Gypsy [Rose Lee] is as unique as she is timeless. Her story is classic Americana, and the strangest rags-to-riches saga you'll ever…

— Karen Abbott

“All that is loathsome, drooping, or decayed is here.”

— Charles Dickens

As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.

— Arthur Godfrey

I'm working on an Americana-style album because I live in L.A. now.

— Chesney Hawkes

I have declared my loyalty to Americana.

— Rodney Crowell

Being into comic books is definitely an Americana thing.

— Lexi Alexander

I hate the word 'Americana,' so I won't use it. I don't even know what Americana is, exactly.

— Uncle Kracker

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

— Bill Frisell

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

— John Oates

While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe…

— Al Sharpton