Artist Quote by Rodney Crowell

I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in…

— Will Sheff

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.

— Jim Jarmusch

Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their…

— Aberjhani

The cool thing about Americana is that the genre is accepting of all types of music.

— Amanda Shires

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure…

— Diane Wakoski

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

— Diane Wakoski

I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American history.

— Willem de Kooning

I feel that America is essentially against the artist, that the enemy of America is the artist, because he stands for individuality and creativeness,…

— Henry Miller

Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.

— Kwame Dawes

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to…

— Diane Wakoski

“Now, you might think that because there are more poets than ever, there might be more opportunities for poets than ever. And you’d be…

— Jim Behrle