Band Quote by Loudon Wainwright III

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

— James Vincent McMorrow

I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.

— Ray LaMontagne

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

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

— Roger McGuinn

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the…

— Langhorne Slim

I'm not a folk-singer. I just sing a certain place.

— Bob Dylan

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

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

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

— Bob Dylan

In the United States, many people said you can't have folk music in the United States because you don't have any peasant class. But…

— Pete Seeger

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.

— Cass McCombs

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