Changed Quote by Mary Travers Download Open image “When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers.” — Mary Travers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Changed Fads Folks Good writers Rocks Writing
If folk is the music of the common people and not the intellectual elite, then that's what rock is. — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
The rock critics, they didn't like our audiences. It made the whole thing seem irrelevant, like we were nothing, and in no time at… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
People have been saying rock is dead for years, but the reality is that it just falls out of favor with pop culture from… — Myles Kennedy Copy Share Image
A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's either-or. — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it. — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then we’re going to have to start with children. — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community.… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
It was like a miracle. I'm just feeling fabulous. What's incredible is someone has given your life back. I'm out in the garden today.… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It's a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line, 'How many… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Looking out at this quarter of a million people,... I truly believed, at that moment, it was possible that human beings could join together… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Folk music has a sort of a bubbling-under quality. The stream runs through the cultural consciousness, and whether or not it's on the radio… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political freedom or… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
There has to be a certain amount of love just in order for you to survive together. I think a lot of groups have… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
“You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed. People may not notice at the time,… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
You made me hate my own reflection Question every choice I make So I could try to be perfect But I will try to… — Lynn Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Faith is the avenue to salvation. Not intellectual understanding. Not money. Not your works. Just simple faith. How much faith? The faith of a… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
When I became Miss World, I couldn't believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was scared someone… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image