The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew… — Gustav Ejstes Copy Share Image
The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all.… — George Grove Copy Share Image
All these years, I have never forgotten what my parents have given me, and that is why I take special pride in… — Bappi Lahiri 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
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I was raised with opera and very white-bread folk music like The Kingston Trio. That was about as daring as it got.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
If I could, I'd sing old French songs or American folk music, but I sure as hell can't do it as well… — Hozier Copy Share Image
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid. — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
Folk music has always contained a concern for the human condition. And since it brings people into it from different points of… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
“Georgian folk music has more new musical ideas than all the contemporary music. [Los Angeles Times. 26.02.1990]” — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Marathi film 'Natrang' has amazing songs. I also like and have sufi and folk music. — Amruta Khanvilkar Copy Share Image
Certain songs are almost like folk songs, which I love. I love folk music, and if you listen to 'Live Bullet,' there's… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I don't listen to hard rock or heavy metal. I suppose I've always been influenced by folk music, I'm a big Bob… — Roger Glover Copy Share Image
I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
In Europe there's kind of a reaction to the European Union, kind of a move towards some kind of regionalization. It's more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I love pop-punk music; I love grunge music; I love country music and folk music. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
