Church Quote by Harry Enfield

I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person…

— Alexis Taylor

I was reared on folk music.

— Rufus Wainwright

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 always packed around this guitar my mother gave me before I left home, I would write songs and play them for my buddies…

— Ryan Bingham

My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to…

— Anne Waldman

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things.

— Dave Davies

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he…

— Dolly Parton

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

— Roger McGuinn

The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me.

— Leon Russell

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar…

— Steve Young

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

With seven boys and one sister, there was always a lot of music in the house. A few of my brothers were playing instruments,…

— Angus Young