Folk music Quote by Robert Plant Download Open image “The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.” — Robert Plant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Folk music Folks Music Music business Rock n roll Rocks Way
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' Roll is just New Orleans rhythm and blues under a new name. It's got that Dixieland beat and that's what sells records. — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of… — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of life, it has its own spirit. — Anupam Roy Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n'… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if you're white,… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
I don't really inject the rock 'n' roll thing, what I take from rock 'n' roll is probably the melodies and the musical behind… — Cedric Gervais Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
“Somone Told me there is a girl out there, with love in her eyes, and flowers in her hair.” — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The States were much more fun. L.A. was L.A. It's not L.A. now. L.A. infested with jaded 12-year-olds is not the L.A. that I… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Well, when I was a kid I used to hide behind the curtains at home at Christmas and I used to try and be… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own. — Sam Hinton Copy Share Image
I was very engaged by the folk music movement.Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul and Mary. And then I sort of discovered world music,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar. — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more… — John Spiers Copy Share Image
I was involved in the Great Folk Music scare back in the sixties, when it almost caught on. — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Folks out in the country couldn't afford to pay for anybody else to make music. They had to make their own. So the peasantry… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
