I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you would want to get from music than you get from that record. — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have nothing to do with what I do. From a listening perspective, there's just something in their playing that… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
If I pick up a fiddle, I don't compose on it, so much as I just play whatever. — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
I like to carry around extremely pretentious books, and I don't know if I can read them, but if I hold them near me,… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
Guitar comes more out of its limitations for me, like putting it in a weird tuning and then just go places. — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement. But I… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody that has an encyclopedic knowledge of ballads and could sit around a fire and sing songs for three hours. I basically… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and… — Sam Amidon 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 tradition. I'm… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you would want… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
If I said who I was influenced by, it would be really weird and pretentious because it would be people who have nothing to… — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great. — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
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