Consciousness Quote by Mary Travers

Folk music has always contained a concern for the human condition. And since it brings people into it from different points of view, that…

— Mary Travers

Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons of money…

— Will Sheff

Folk music is not so much a body of art as it is a process, an attitude, and a way of life; its distinguishing…

— Sam Hinton

Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like ballet: a…

— John Lennon

Folk is bare bones music.

— Ben Harper

Music is very subjective. You may or may not like a song, but folk and regional language have a connectivity that binds different people…

— Jubin Nautiyal

Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's not true.

— Shankar Mahadevan

Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard work, bringing…

— PJ Harvey

Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into…

— Arlo Guthrie

Folk has always been the mainstay of Indian music; we're very soulful people, and we like the sound of our soil.

— KK

The way I feel is that if you don't like folk music, stay away from my shows.

— Hank Williams

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