Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it. — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Folk singers are the unsung heroes. They keep our tradition and culture alive but don't expect anything in return. — Devi Sri Prasad Copy Share Image
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
I love British folk music, but I'm not obsessed with it. I love the Celtic stuff, and Enya is a favorite, but… — Weyes Blood 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
When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
Trans folk are so often pushed to the margins and not afforded the resources and opportunities that some nontrans people are. — Trace Lysette 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
One thing that I love about country music, probably more so than any other culture - maybe the blues rivals it -… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
My mother was into folk-rock when I was little, so I think of folk-rock as the norm from which everything else deviates.… — Stephin Merritt 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
I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
“Naten s'kisha gjume, me mbyste pendimi, kot thone qe pendimi te lehteson.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.' — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
“Innerst inne vill folk ha mulattbarn. Alla samma utblandade fadda plusminusnoll-människa.” — Sami Said Copy Share Image
A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge… — William Langland 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
If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition,… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Seabear's love of soft folk sounds is unquestionable, but that doesn't stop the Icelandic band from infusing its music with layers of… — Anthony Fantano 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
