Budapest Quote by Paul Robeson

Folk music takes us back to the roots of our culture.

— Tulsi Kumar

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

People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has…

— Peter Yarrow

My people had used music to soothe slavery's torment or to propitiate God, or to describe the sweetness of love and the distress of…

— Maya Angelou

My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to…

— Anne Waldman

Folk songs express the dreams and prayers and hopes of the working people.

— Hank Williams

In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.

— Itzhak Perlman

Folk Music is the map of singing.

— Alan Lomax

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

— John Lydon

Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you…

— David Byrne

When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story together. You've…

— Brian Fallon

It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like slavery or…

— David Byrne