Whether it's your own material or somebody else's material, it's essential that you identify with it thoroughly. It's like you want to… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
“I lived in New York City back in the 1980s, which is when the Bordertown series was created. New York was a… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
For me, reggae music and its aesthetic are touchstones in both simple and complex ways. Reggae's capacity to be a folk music… — Kwame Dawes 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 love British folk music, but I'm not obsessed with it. I love the Celtic stuff, and Enya is a favorite, but… — Weyes Blood 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
More and more, I see myself as a folk musician, and someone who values context. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an… — John Prine 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
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
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
I have tried to show the influence of folk music in Bollywood, in Tamil movies, in Telugu cinema. — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the American popular song, growing out of American folk music, is the basis of the American musical… — Kurt Weill Copy Share Image
If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
I would love to be one of those fellows who combine formal and folk music approaches. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't know what folk music means anymore, because the meaning of that just keeps changing. — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.' — Pete Seeger 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
