Acid Quote by Douglas Coupland

I was really into ska.

— Baron Vaughn

I really like a lot of the old 2-tone ska. I definitely went through a phase where I was into The Specials and The…

— Matt Skiba

A lot of European folk music has this interesting, intriguing quality, a whole new harmonic way of thinking.

— Bear McCreary

I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real, it's got…

— David Bowie

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.

— Colin Stetson

When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel slightly ill.

— Johnny Flynn

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

— Robert Plant

There's a lot of modern stuff I really dig, like Melechesh or Italian death metal like Hour Of Penance and Bloodtruth.

— Max Cavalera

Western classical music and classical dance gel beautifully.

— Shobana

I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.

— Kip Winger

Look, the Jamaican dancehall stuff, the reggae influences and the ska influence, are always going to be part of our DNA.

— Tony Kanal

There were tons of bronzed Scandinavian types at the Sorbonne. Marvellously blond and healthy and shining white teeth. Funny thing though, because someone told…

— Charlotte Bingham