Folk Quotes

496 Folk quotes by 383 unique authors

Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but… — Ruta Sepetys
Marya Morevna, we are better at this than you are. We can hold two terrible ideas at once in our hearts. Never have your folk… — Catherynne M. Valente
Once, when I was young and true. Someone left me sad - Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is… — Dorothy Parker
The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at… — Nella Larsen
Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern,… — Cassandra Clare
The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's… — Billy Taylor
There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ...… — Ernest Bevin
Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It's more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It's not just a donation or a 5 K race.… — George Clooney
The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music. — Robert Plant
All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe. — Ninette de Valois
I come from a folk tradition where you just dance however you feel comfortable. — Sufjan Stevens
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. — Sxip Shirey
I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No one… — Tyler Hilton
I would say I grew up listening a lot to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland and Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. I grew up listening… — Melora Hardin
There was a time that I was only known for being a plagiarist. It used to hurt at times because there was so much effort… — Unknown Author
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins… — Michael Eric Dyson
I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern… — Joni Mitchell
I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know. — Cass McCombs
I have no idea what will become of my work in the future, the future folk will not be aware of our influence over them,… — Cass McCombs
Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the Japanese in their… — F. Sionil Jose
As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of… — F. Sionil Jose
Gujarat is truly vibrant. Be it handicrafts, folk music, art, costumes or food - the state offers the best of everything. — Shreya Ghoshal
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another. — Linn Ullmann
Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is: George Herman Ruth, the namely-est… — Jane Leavy
The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to folk music to… — Robbie Robertson

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