Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It's more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It's not just a donation or a… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
some genius of the South With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth, Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds. — Jean Toomer Copy Share Image
He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“They staggered and stumbled, wounded but triumphant, singing the old Welsh folk song “Ar Lan y Môr.” And if there was something… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and… — Richard F. Thomas Copy Share Image
As I was born and brought up in Himachal Pradesh, I used to listen to a lot of Hindi songs over radio… — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
You are trying to do a more difficult thing than record folk songs; you are trying to record life. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
If some independent artists are using film as a medium to reach out to an audience, it should be promoted. Cinema is… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
I am a firm believer in playing the type of music that compliments the song the best. If it's a folk song… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I was working for Alan Lomax in the Library of Congress folk song archive, and starting to realize what a wealth of… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
My musical influences growing up were limited to Korean folk songs and hymns as I went to a Christian boarding school where… — Jihae Copy Share Image
Alan Lomax is the person who I think should be given major credit for what has been called the "Folk Song Revival."… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Hah!" said Granny Weatherwax. "I should just say it is a folk song! I knows all about folk songs. Hah! You think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half… — Bonnie Raitt 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
When I do older folk songs, I'm not doing them because they're old. I have no interest in reviving or continuing a… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew very famous in Britain, because he was the darling of the avant-garde, and he played in a band called AMM,… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Folk songs in general, I like. The old spooky Scottish folk songs. — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“She was heading for the piano, and something told me that it was her intention to sing old folk songs, a pastime… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
There have always been people making music. On their porches, playing folk songs. Playing piano in quiet salons. You don't have to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Every week, Dennis Day sang an old Irish folk song. And next day in the fields, I'd be singing that song if… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
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