American Folk Quotes
9 quotes by 9 authors
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I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for…
— Alan Lomax
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When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and…
— Paul Robeson
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Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling…
— George Gershwin
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Well, at first the band were simply called Horsepower, but a lot of people thought that was something to do with heroin. That really pissed…
— David Eugene Edwards
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It seems to me that the American popular song, growing out of American folk music, is the basis of the American musical theater… it is…
— Kurt Weill
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The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along…
— Barry McGuire
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I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it.
— Lara Spencer
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I always thought I was singing American folk music.
— Lonnie Donegan
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
— Van Morrison
Who Wrote These American Folk Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 9 American Folk Quotes as follows: