Background Quote by Dave Davies

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

— Bob Dylan

I was reared on folk music.

— Rufus Wainwright

Music was a big part of my family with gatherings, picnics, barbecues.

— Lou Williams

There was always music in our house and my mum used to play the piano in a pub, so we were a fairly musical…

— David Essex

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

I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an acoustic guitar,…

— John Prine

The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to be as…

— Dave Davies

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

— Dianne Reeves

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

— James Vincent McMorrow

My family was always musically inclined.

— J.I.D

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so…

— Kurt Vile

I didn't grow up on the porch of a cabin looking out over the 90 acres that the mule was plowing with Paw-Paw playing…

— Ketch Secor