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
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
A lot of European folk music has this interesting, intriguing quality, a whole new harmonic way of thinking. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
We detested folk music because it was cerebral and sedate and we had no time for that. But the Byrds were OK… — Ron Mael 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
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
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 love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or… — Langhorne Slim 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
What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is… — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
As I've grown older I've been more influenced by more meandering styles of guitar playing, whether it's Celtic or Ethiopian folk music… — Ted Leo 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
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
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
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
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
I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very… — Alasdair MacLean 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
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get… — Landon Liboiron Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are pretty unmasked. If you listen to "As Cool As I Am," it's not all that different… — Dar Williams 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
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
“Folk music was not approved of in Llamedos, and the singing of it was rigorously discouraged; it was felt that anyone espying… — Terry Pratchett 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
Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Folk music is not for a select group of people who feel that maybe he taught them about this music and that… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James… — Jake Epstein 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 commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Bartók, like Janáek, carried out a considerable amount of research into folk music. He would travel into the countryside with his camera… — Michael Steen Copy Share Image
Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge… — Lindsay Mendez Copy Share Image
I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music,… — Bradford Cox 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
![“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of…” quote by Finn Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/finn-andrews-55992_andrew_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-make-films_240740.jpg)
