Actually Quote by Donovan

Any nobody from the folk blues world could avoid being influenced by Woody Guthrie, who is actually of Scottish-Irish ancestry.

— Donovan

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I…

— Bruce Springsteen

I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that eventually maybe…

— Justin Townes Earle

I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang Woody Guthrie…

— Monica Barbaro

Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.

— Donovan

We don't need another Woody. Even Bob Dylan knew he couldn't be Woody Guthrie... I like Woody Guthrie fine, but I don't need the…

— Buzz Osborne

I always thought I was singing American folk music.

— Lonnie Donegan

If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to…

— John Mellencamp

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

— Billy Bragg

I was reared on folk music.

— Rufus Wainwright

I come from a family of musicians.

— Dianne Reeves

I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I even trained myself…

— Rory McCann