America Quote by 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 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

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

— Gordon Lightfoot

I was listening to a lot of bebop. And to Miles Davis. Everyone thinks I was just in the folk world in 1966, but…

— Donovan

The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the big band…

— Carl Gardner

I loved the Woody Guthrie tradition of speaking about what's happening to the country.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson,…

— Jimmy Scott

My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding.

— Hozier

The Woody Guthrie 'Dust Bowl' tunes were really fascinating.

— Ry Cooder

I was a really camp child! In the 70s, an age of all these amazing musical subcultures, I was sitting in my living room…

— Zoe Ball

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

— David Cook

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer