Folk Quotes

496 Folk quotes by 383 unique authors

Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing. — Sam Palladio
Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected… — Jimmy Reid
But the reality is that we are a folk band. — Amy Ray
I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it. — Lara Spencer
When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar. — Michael Storm
Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar,… — Sissy Spacek
Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band. — Ann Wilson
My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture… — Mo Yan
I don't really think of myself as a folk singer. — Ray LaMontagne
I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer. — Robert Wyatt
A great deal of the pupils time was spent going through, once again, the History of the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of the Soviet Union. He… — George Mikes
Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream. — George Iles
You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says that the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type… — Marshall McLuhan
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the… — Marie de France
That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the… — Jackson Browne
People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together… — Natasha Bedingfield
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to… — Dan Auerbach
There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. — Eugene Chadbourne
I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff. — Anthony Doerr
Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music. — Brad Delson
I always thought I was singing American folk music. — Lonnie Donegan
Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it. — Steve Forbert
In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like… — Piers Anthony
I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe. — Creed Bratton
What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done.… — Justin Townes Earle

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