I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
Celtic music is part of the language in Scotland and Ireland, where every kid and grandparent knows those songs, music by the… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
The first songs I learned were 'It Takes a Worried Man' and Woody Guthrie's 'Grand Coulee Dam,' 'Rock Island Line' - those… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
After an initial solo album in which the young [Bob] Dylan was just finding his voice (i.e., reinventing himself from the middle-class… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened to a lot of American singer/songwriters, so a lot of Tom Waits, Paul Simon - also Woody Guthrie… — George Ezra Copy Share Image