American music Quote by Ben Harper

I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

— Ben Harper

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.

— Ben Harper

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like...…

— Terri Windling

Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more…

— John Spiers

Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than…

— Winston Marshall

I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the…

— Ketch Secor

There is a black folk music audience. They're just very small.

— Rhiannon Giddens

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

I've always dreamt of doing an entire record just on folk music.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Folks out in the country couldn't afford to pay for anybody else to make music. They had to make their own. So the peasantry…

— Pete Seeger

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

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

— Robert Plant