Folk Quotes

496 Folk quotes by 383 unique authors

My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My family knew a lot… — Alan Arkin
From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. — Ailyn Perez
My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon and… — Jake Epstein
In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance. — Robert Gottlieb
The theatre has always been voraciously omnivorous. Dramatists have always raided every medium to find grist to their mill: myths, folk tales, newspapers, novels, films,… — Lee Hall
Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people. — Sam Walton
My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. — Dave Davies
I was never really a bone fide member of the folk scene. — Roy Harper
At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement… — Arlo Guthrie
I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is… — Roger McGuinn
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you… — David Crosby
What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death. — Charlie Adam
John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me. — Harvey Gantt
My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had no interest in writing whatsoever. — Alan Garner
Angels, demons, spirits, wizards, gods and witches have peppered folk religions since mankind first started telling stories. — Robin Marantz Henig
What I discovered all over Ireland is that people living simple lives by the sea or in the remote countryside seem a lot calmer than… — James Nesbitt
Folk music is where I come from originally. The very first thing that introduced me to playing guitars at all was skiffle - my cousin… — Bjorn Ulvaeus
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera. — Maria Karnilova
From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way. — Shawn Amos
I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like… — Ted Naifeh
I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a week, and then… — Benjamin Booker
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine… — Benjamin Booker
When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan. — Doug Henning
I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I… — Kiesza

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