Folk music Quote by Warren Zevon Download Open image “Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.” — Warren Zevon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Folk music Folks Music Thinking Wells
In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim Croce and… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
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 the funny thing was, there were literally thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who loved old time fiddling, ballads, banjo tunes, blues played on the guitar, spirituals and gospel hymns. These songs and… — Pete Seeger Copy Share
I was involved in the Great Folk Music scare back in the sixties, when it almost caught on. — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up on the porch of a cabin looking out over the 90 acres that the mule was plowing with Paw-Paw playing… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids. — Dick Smothers 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'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall. — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years.… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
“We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them. [ Inside Out (VH1)]” — Warren Zevon 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