Appalachian Quote by Bradford Cox

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and…

— Renee Fleming

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

— Carlisle Floyd

When I think about singing, and music, I think about how the people who live on the East Tennessee side have more of a…

— Valerie June

I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in…

— Will Sheff

I call myself a singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradition. Naturally, because of my lifestyle and love for nature, there's a lot…

— Lizz Wright

Appalachia is still, for American musicians, a kind of fountain of youth we always go back to, the old home place to a group…

— Paul Burch

For me, there's a lot of intrinsic mystery and power in folk music, but a lot of people don't perceive that music from around…

— Jeff Mangum

I think I had the same notion most people have, which is it’s simply a town that percolates around country music. Though country-music history…

— Joy Williams

New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African musical practice…

— Ned Sublette

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

— Dolly Parton

The inspiration for our vocal harmonies was sort of Appalachian. It's sort of at weird intervals, and it almost has an Appalachian kind of…

— Kate Pierson

I think something I explore a little bit in my music is how there's this majestic, natural beauty in the Pacific Northwest, but also…

— Michelle Zauner