The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way. — Gustav Ejstes 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've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
I have a great liking for the Chamba folk music, which depicts the beauty of women and the mountains with a touch… — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image
Folks out in the country couldn't afford to pay for anybody else to make music. They had to make their own. So… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna… — Neil Gaiman 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 started off as a mimicry artist, have sung 'Gaana' folk music and popularized pop music in the South before I got… — Karunas Copy Share Image
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Robby had a flamenco and folk music background. I was so enamored with watching Robby's fingers crawl across the flamenco guitar strings… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
It was around that time, early 60s. There were like three kindred spirits in New Jersey. I had two friends who played… — David Grisman Copy Share Image
Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more… — Winston Marshall 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
I find a difference between what gets called world music - a fusion of western music and music from different cultures in… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons… — Will Sheff 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
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
“Martin Carthy on English folk music: "I'm not interested in heritage - this stuff is alive.” — English Folk musician Martin Carthy Copy Share Image
Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music. — Warren Zevon 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
The Marathi film 'Natrang' has amazing songs. I also like and have sufi and folk music. — Amruta Khanvilkar Copy Share Image
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
There's not that much English folk music that is really that appealing. — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
I would love to be one of those fellows who combine formal and folk music approaches. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things. — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
Folk music usually romanticises the road. 'Back in my Body' tells the opposite story. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
More and more, I see myself as a folk musician, and someone who values context. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
