The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition,… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
It's interesting to marry American musical traditions with the subtlety of English-style storytelling and folk singer-songwriters like Martin Carthy and Bert Jansch… — Johnny Flynn 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
When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a word -… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating, I find… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from writing songs… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on other people.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if it's not… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I take them both seriously - I don't particularly want to be an 'actor-musician.' I want to play the great challenging parts, to be… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I try and stay in my right brain as much as I can, but my left takes over. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
