Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. — Cass McCombs 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
People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero,… — Talib Kweli 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 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
Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
There's always something in most world folk musics that always seems connected; whether it's a bagpipe or a tambura, there's always some… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
For me, there's a lot of intrinsic mystery and power in folk music, but a lot of people don't perceive that music… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
It's weird, in New York, it's like the big theme of everything is folk music and interacting with people. Maryland is where… — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally… — John Spiers Copy Share Image
Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then… — Christopher Paul Stelling Copy Share Image
I make up cassettes all the time - to take on the road with me - a song from this album, a… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. — Sxip Shirey 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
The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
The way I feel is that if you don't like folk music, stay away from my shows. — Hank Williams Copy Share Image
I feel just as passionately about experimental electronic music as I do about folk music. — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
Even though I grew up playing folk music - and surf music, originally - I was listening to Motown and Stax on… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that… — Avi Kaplan Copy Share Image
Folk music is where I come from originally. The very first thing that introduced me to playing guitars at all was skiffle… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
