Acoustic guitar Quote by John Prine

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

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

— Alan Parsons

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

— James Vincent McMorrow

When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist in my…

— Billy Squier

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

— Bob Dylan

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to…

— Loudon Wainwright III

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

— Joni Mitchell

My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from learning from…

— Joel Plaskett

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and…

— Max Casella

My music is basically perceived as folk or softer rock.

— Shawn Colvin

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

— Dave Davies

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

— Slash