Chords Quote by Joanna Newsom

I do write a lot of folky songs naturally.

— Colbie Caillat

When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.

— Ray LaMontagne

If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured,…

— F. Paul Wilson

Folk songs, whatever else they might be, are mainly craft.

— David Means

Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground. The songs…

— Johnny Flynn

That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.…

— Roger McGuinn

If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who wants to…

— Bob Dylan

There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience. That's not…

— Holly Golightly

I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter, country melodies…

— Lari White

I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.

— Jay Sean

I've always listened to a wide variety of music, and I know that shows through my songwriting evolution.

— Jeongyeon

I write folky tunes, like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.

— Noah Reid