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> [I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/i-knew-bobby-dylan-back-in-the-days-when-he-lived-in-the-village-he/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

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## More by Alan Lomax

> [The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/the-dimension-of-cultural-equity-needs-to-be-added-to-the-humane/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [People were saying that Southern folk song was dead, that the land that had produced American jazz, the blues, the spirituals, the mountain ballads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/people-were-saying-that-southern-folk-song-was-dead-that-the-land/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/i-knew-bobby-dylan-back-in-the-days-when-he-lived-in-the-village-he/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [The modern computer with all its various gadgets and wonderful electronic facilities now makes it possible to preserve and reinvigorate all the cultural richness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/the-modern-computer-with-all-its-various-gadgets-and-wonderful/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [“The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes ... but in the everyday folds who live and die unknown, yet leave their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/the-essence-of-america-lies-not-in-the-headlined-heroes-but-in-the/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [We now have cultural machines so powerful that one singer can reach everybody in the world, and make all the other singers feel inferior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/we-now-have-cultural-machines-so-powerful-that-one-singer-can-reach/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/the-british-ballads-became-a-new-kind-of-form-in-their-hand-and-out/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [Folk Music is the map of singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/folk-music-is-the-map-of-singing/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/he-learned-through-the-way-that-my-father-and-i-felt-about-his-songs/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/you-could-hear-him-literally-half-a-mile-away-when-he-opened-up-he/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

> [And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lomax/and-the-thing-that-i-always-tried-to-do-with-important-singers-when-i/)

[Alan Lomax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lomax/)

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