Folk music Quote by Avi Kaplan

Folk music usually has an emphasis on the lyrics and melody. And those lyrics are usually relevant in some way. And it's populist in…

— Greg Graffin

Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground. The songs…

— Johnny Flynn

I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that into folk…

— Avi Kaplan

That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.…

— Roger McGuinn

Folk is bare bones music.

— Ben Harper

Folk music is not so much a body of art as it is a process, an attitude, and a way of life; its distinguishing…

— Sam Hinton

I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then there's the…

— Christopher Paul Stelling

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to…

— Loudon Wainwright III

Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want…

— Bob Dylan

I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the music is…

— Cecil Williams

Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into…

— Arlo Guthrie

I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.

— Sal Khan