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81 Folk Music quotes by 70 unique authors

I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music.. — Ani DiFranco
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
Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is! — Michelle Shocked
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
I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk music, for example,… — Jez Butterworth
Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.. — John Betjeman
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord… — Joanna Newsom
When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar. — Michael Storm
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
I always thought I was singing American folk music. — Lonnie Donegan
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
When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of my own specialty,… — Tom Glazer
I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional… — PJ Harvey
I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore. — Amos Lee
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm… — Ellie Goulding
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through… — Ani DiFranco
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. — Matt Dillon
I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. — Bob Dylan
Folk music is a bunch of fat people. — Bob Dylan
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 emotional,… — Renee Fleming
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. — Ben Harper
I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew… — Ben Harper
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I… — Janis Ian
I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things. — Katherine Jenkins
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. — Mark Knopfler

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