Folk Quote by Dave Alvin

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

— James Vincent McMorrow

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the…

— Langhorne Slim

My music is basically perceived as folk or softer rock.

— Shawn Colvin

Folk is bare bones music.

— Ben Harper

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

— Joni Mitchell

I was reared on folk music.

— Rufus Wainwright

I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is portable music.…

— Vance Gilbert

Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground. The songs…

— Johnny Flynn

I mainly play traditional music, which by definition is music that you've heard someone else doing.

— John Spiers

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to…

— Loudon Wainwright III

Folk music is where I come from originally. The very first thing that introduced me to playing guitars at all was skiffle - my…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like ballet: a…

— John Lennon